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TASMANIAN Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has been dumped to the number three spot on the Senate ticket. Junior minister Jonathon Duniam won the coveted number one spot with Wendy Askew number two. It is a shock demotion for the veteran senator and party powerbroker who became a senator in 1994.

Influential Tasmanian Liberal Eric Abetz has been bumped down to hard-to-win third place on the party's Senate ticket for the next federal election.

Influential Tasmanian Liberal Eric Abetz has been bumped down to hard-to-win third place on the party's Senate ticket for the next federal election.

Influential Tasmanian conservative powerbroker Eric Abetz has been demoted to third place on the party's senate ticket for the next federal election. He is listed beneath Jonno Dunian in first place and senator Wendy Askew in second.

Influential Tasmanian conservative powerbroker Eric Abetz has been demoted to third place on the party's senate ticket in a shock preselection vote. It could signal the end of Mr Abetz's almost three-decade senate career,

Liberal senator Eric Abetz has been demoted to the last spot on the Senate ticket, after rising star Senator Jonathon Duniam and Senator Wendy Askew.

Tasmanian senator Wendy Askew may have to fight to retain her seat if she is relegated to the third spot on the Liberal Senate ticket.

Tasmanian Speaker Sue Hickey says she is "hamstrung" from repeating accusations about alleged comments by Liberal Senator Eric Abetz about an alleged rape

Tasmanian Speaker Sue Hickey says she's "hamstrung" from repeating accusations Liberal Senator Eric Abetz made offensive comments about alleged rape victims without parliamentary protection — but says if she could,

A Liberal Senator has been accused of slut-shaming alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins and saying she was ‘so disgustingly drunk’ she ‘would sleep with anybody’.