 This reduced the party to two senators, with Hanson remaining the only member of One Nation elected at the 2016 Federal election.On 15 October 2018, a Senate motion brought by the party stating "it is OK to be white" was defeated 31–28 in a vote.The government expressed regret at the support the vote received, blaming it to an administrative error in which its senators were mistakenly instructed to vote positively.