Election 2016: Catch up on the day after with our speed read

What happened the day after the election? It's the evening of the morning after. While the result of last night's election isn't any closer to being known, it's still been a huge day as the nation came to terms with what is in store for the 45th Parliament of Australia. If you've been out enjoying your Sunday instead of being glued to the news - or need to get up to speed on Monday morning - catch up with our speed read. WE COULD BE WAITING A MONTH FOR FINAL RESULTS That's according to Australian Electoral Commission head Phil Diak. "The AEC won't declare seats until there's a mathematical impossibility of the leader being overtaken, as it were, in any seat. So that's often a lot later than when victory is claimed or a seat is conceded. But we've got those weeks ahead of us," he said. There are 13 seats coming down to the wire that will decide the result of the election. MALCOLM TURNBULL IS 'QUIETLY CONFIDENT' OF A MAJORITY He said there were plenty of postal and pre-poll votes still to be counted, and postal votes traditionally favoured the Coalition. Those votes will determine the result in some of the 13 undecided seats, according to the PM. BILL SHORTEN URGED EVERYONE TO BE PATIENT The Opposition Leader said he had spoken to some crossbenchers, but urged patience while the AEC finished counting the votes. In a relaxed press conference (he wasn't wearing a tie), Mr Shorten had this observation on last night's results: "What I'm very sure of is that while we don't know who the winner was, there is clearly one loser — Malcolm Turnbull's agenda for Australia." WHAT ABOUT THE CROSSBENCHERS? Unsurprisingly, they had plenty to say today. Here's the roundup: Nick Xenophon said he would sit down with both sides of politics in the event of a hung parliament Greens leader Richard Di Natale said it was "inconceivable" he would form "any sort of cooperative government with the Coalition" Andrew Wilkie said he would not enter into any agreement with any party that would allow them to form government Cathy McGowan made a similar pledge and said she would "not be making any deals with any party" Bob Katter said he was already working on a list of demands to put to the major parties THERE WAS TALK ABOUT PARTY LEADERSHIP Plenty of Coalition MPs were asked if the result of the election would have been different under former prime minister Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott was tracked down by reporters outside his Sydney home and had this to say: "Obviously a difficult night for the Government, a difficult night for the Liberal party and I fear a difficult night for our country. "The result obviously won't be known for some days in the Lower House and probably for the best part of a month in the Senate." The Prime Minister refused to answer questions about Mr Abbott, instead he said he was focusing on "monitoring the count". The Opposition Leader was repeatedly pressed by journalists on whether he would face a challenge from Anthony Albanese. He said Labor was united. Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Add or remove topics | Unsubscribe | Contact Us Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2016 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC Email newsletters