Malcolm Turnbull says he is "quietly confident" the Coalition will secure enough votes to form a majority government, but is reaching out to crossbenchers who could prove kingmakers if the election results in a hung parliament.
The election is too close to call, Antony Green says. And that raises a lot of interesting questions that may not be answered until at least Tuesday when the bulk of the counting resumes.
Attorney-General George Brandis labels Labor's so-called Medicare scare campaign as "disgraceful" and "fraudulent", suggesting it may have changed the election result.
The Nick Xenophon Team says it is "line ball" it might snare a second Lower House seat in South Australia and it is ready to discuss a way forward in the event of a hung parliament.
It could be a month before Australia knows the outcome of Saturday's federal election, the Australian Electoral Commission says, with Lower House ballot counting not set to continue in earnest until Tuesday.
The Victorian Premier says a strong swing to Labor in the state proves the controversy engulfing the state's Country Fire Authority played no part in the federal election.
Glenn Lazarus concedes defeat after the federal election, saying "the battle ahead does appear too big" for him to retain his Senate seat, as Pauline Hanson claims her party may win up to four spots in the Upper House.
Australia cricket captain Steve Smith launches a missile of a ceremonial first pitch at Boston's Fenway Park, unlike so many who have cracked under the pressure.
Bangladesh begins two days of national mourning after 20 hostages are slaughtered at a restaurant packed with foreigners in a terrifying escalation in attacks by Islamist extremists.
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