▁five ▁Gre ens . ▁X en oph on , ▁although ▁reported ▁as ▁left - of - cent re , ▁indicated ▁plans ▁to ▁work ▁closely ▁with ▁the ▁ren eg ade ▁National , ▁Senator ▁Bar nab y ▁Joy ce . ▁If ▁sufficient ▁Co al ition ▁sen ators ▁voted ▁for ▁government ▁legisl ation , ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁cross ben ch ▁was ▁not ▁required . ▁ ▁X en oph on ' s ▁election ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁a ▁Liberal ▁candidate , ▁without ▁his ▁presence ▁the ▁Co al ition ▁would ▁have ▁held ▁enough ▁Senate ▁seats ▁to ▁block ▁legisl ation . ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁previous ▁Senate , ▁the ▁Gre ens ▁gained ▁one ▁( los ing ▁Ker ry ▁N ett le ▁in ▁NS W ▁but ▁gain ing ▁Sarah ▁Hans on - You ng ▁in ▁SA ▁and ▁Scott ▁Lud lam ▁in ▁W A ), ▁a ▁new ▁Independent ▁was ▁elected ▁( X en oph on ), ▁and ▁Labor ▁gained ▁four ▁seats . ▁The ▁Co al ition ▁lost ▁two , ▁and ▁the ▁Democr ats ▁lost ▁all ▁four ▁of ▁their ▁seats . ▁ ▁The ▁inform al ▁rate ▁of ▁ 2 . 5 5 ▁per ▁cent ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁election ▁as ▁the ▁lowest ▁inform al ▁rate ▁in ▁the ▁Senate ▁since ▁feder ation . ▁The ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁voting ▁ticket ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁election ▁saw ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁inform al ▁votes ▁drop ▁dram atically . ▁ ▁De fe at ▁of ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁John ▁Howard ▁lost ▁his ▁own ▁seat