Primary votes saw the Coalition and the Labor Party win two seats each before preferences were counted, with the Greens ahead of the Coalition for the fifth seat. Preferences from the Family First Party, the Christian Democrats and the Shooters and Fishers saw the Coalition reach the quota first, leading to Fiona Nash winning the fifth seat, while Coalition and Sex Party preferences saw the Liberal Democrats threatening the Greens for the sixth and final seat, but Labor preferences saw the Greens reach the quota. The end result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor, and one seat Green.^[4]

Elected	#	Senator	Party
2007	1	Mark Arbib		Labor
2007	2	Helen Coonan		Liberal
2007	3	Doug Cameron		Labor
2007	4	John Williams		National
2007	5	Marise Payne		Liberal
2007	6	Ursula Stephens		Labor
2004
2004	1	Bill Heffernan		Liberal
2004	2	Steve Hutchins		Labor
2004	3	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells		Liberal
2004	4	John Faulkner		Labor
2004	5	Fiona Nash		National
2004	6	Michael Forshaw		Labor

Both major parties finished with around 40% of the primary vote each with Labor in front. The Greens received over 8% of the primary vote. Labor won two seats on primary vote alone, narrowly missing a third seat. The Coalition also won two seats, including one to National Party of Australia candidate John Williams. Despite finishing with less than 1% of the primary vote, the Climate Change Coalition managed to place ahead of Pauline's United Australia Party, the Democrats and Family First. The Democrats and Pauline United Australia Party directed preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. Unlike in other states, Family First also directed its preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. After these preferences, the Climate Change Coalition had increased their vote from less than 1% to almost 5%. However, they still narrowly finished behind the Christian Democrats. Preferences from the Climate Change Coalition went to the Greens however they still finished behind the major parties. This led to Greens senator Kerry Nettle losing her seat. Preferences from the Christian Democrats went to the Coalition, allowing them to win their third seat with Labor winning the remaining seat. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and Labor^[5]

Elected	#	Senator	Party
2004	1	Bill Heffernan		Liberal
2004	2	Steve Hutchins		Labor
2004	3	Concertta Fierravanti-Wells		Liberal
2004	4	John Faulkner		Labor
2004	5	Fiona Nash		National
2004	6	Michael Forshaw		Labor
2001
2001	1	Helen Coonan		Liberal
2001	2	Ursula Stephens		Labor
2001	3	Sandy Macdonald		National
2001	4	George Campbell		Labor
2001	5	Marise Payne		Liberal
2001	6	Kerry Nettle		Greens

The primary vote saw the Coalition winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens and Labor leading the Christian Democrats for the final seat. Preferences from liberals for forests, Family First, the Democrats and One Nation meant that the Christian Democrats ended up overtaking both Labor and the Greens for the final vacancy, but Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens, meaning that Labor ending up taking the final seat using Green preferences. The result was three seats coalition and three seats Labor.^[6]

Elected	#	Senator	Party
2001	1	Helen Coonan		Liberal
2001	2	Ursula Stephens		Labor
2001	3	Sandy Macdonald		National
2001	4	George Campbell		Labor
2001	5	Marise Payne		Liberal
2001	6	Kerry Nettle		Greens
1998
1998	1	Steve Hutchins		Labor
1998	2	Bill Heffernan		Liberal
1998	3	John Faulkner		Labor
1998	4	John Tierney		Liberal
1998	5	Aden Ridgeway		Democrats
1998	6	Michael Forshaw		Labor

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Steve Hutchins		Labor
1998	2	Bill Heffernan		Liberal
1998	3	John Faulkner		Labor
1998	4	John Tierney		Liberal
1998	5	Aden Ridgeway		Democrats
1998	6	Michael Forshaw		Labor
1996
1996	1	Marise Payne		Liberal
1996	2	Suzanne West		Labor
1996	3	David Brownhill		National
1996	4	George Campbell		Labor
1996	5	Helen Coonan		Liberal
1996	6	Vicki Bourne		Democrats

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1996
1996	1	Bob Woods		Liberal
1996	2	Sue West		Labor
1996	3	David Brownhill		National
1996	4	Bruce Childs		Labor
1996	5	Helen Coonan		Liberal
1996	6	Vicki Bourne		Democrats
1993
1993	1	Michael Forshaw		Labor
1993	2	Michael Baume		Liberal
1993	3	John Faulkner		Labor
1993	4	John Tierney		Liberal
1993	5	Belinda Neal		Labor
1993	6	Sandy Macdonald		National