The government's increased majority may be enough for How-ard to push through a raft of measures that had been blocked by the Senate in his third term -- including privatizing the government's majority stake in the dominant telecommunications company, Telstra, and relaxing media ownership laws.
Final figures from the Senate are not expected until Oct. 22 due to the complex voting system, but the government appeared on track to win 38 of the 76 seats.
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