Although Lambie got the sixth spot PUP actually got fourth spot in the party votes. She's not a micro member like Ricky Muir.
Labor and Libs got two seats and Greens and PUP got one each. Her primary vote wasn't that much less than The Greens - 8.5% to 11.5%. She can win as an independent next time.
The real issue is why we stick with twelve - repeat 12 - senators from Tasmania when every other original design of the senate (house for states) has long been discarded.
