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Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?

  • Written by: Zareh Ghazarian, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
imageLabor's better-than-expected performance has left a lot of seats still too close to call.AAP/Mick Tsikas

After one of the longest election campaigns in Australian history, a winner is yet to be decided.

As Australia is based on the Westminster system, government is formed by the party (or coalition of parties) that wins a majority of seats in the...

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Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?

  • Written by: Adam Webster, Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
imageTalk has now turned to whether Australia will again have a minority government and a 'hung parliament'.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Neither Malcolm Turnbull nor Bill Shorten was able to claim victory on election night. With uncertainty surrounding whether either party will be able to secure a majority of lower house seats, talk has now turned to whether...

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After messy night, Coalition more likely to form government – but Pauline Hanson is in the Senate

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, PhD Student, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
imageFor Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition, this was a bad result.AAP/Lukas Coch

After counting into the early hours of Sunday morning, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) currently has Labor leading in 72 of the 150 lower house seats, with the Coalition ahead in 66.

There are seven not-yet-determined seats, where the AEC selected the wrong...

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Malcolm Turnbull sounded tone deaf to election message

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Malcolm Turnbull’s speech to deflated supporters in the early hours of Sunday morning was extraordinarily lacking in self-awareness.

Turnbull had just brought his party a devastatingly bad election result. That’s true even if he manages to reach majority government, which remains far from clear despite his assertions. In the early hours...

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  1. Major rebuff to Malcolm Turnbull as poll result hovers on knife edge
  2. Infographic: what we know so far about the results of Election 2016
  3. Final polls have Coalition favoured
  4. Gina Rinehart, Weight Loss and Women Under the Microscope
  5. #ausvotes: a final update from the social media hustings
  6. Overcharged for hearing aids? Australia's audiology industry isn't rogue, but needs improvement
  7. Brexit is done, now what about accounting?
  8. Just how safe are Australia's airports?
  9. Brexit harms startups but it may not be fatal
  10. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the campaign's final week
  11. Higher education pays for itself many times over
  12. Crossing the line: why the royal commission examined initiation rituals and defence abuse
  13. Malcolm Turnbull: a prime minister on probation in search of a mandate
  14. Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory
  15. Black market jobs cost Australia billions and youth are at the coalface
  16. Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief
  17. Explainer: what are women's options for giving birth?
  18. Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN
  19. Grattan on Friday: Shorten struggles as campaign winds down
  20. WA-xit: history beckons
  21. Brexit could leave the European Union struggling with its climate targets
  22. Britain’s 'Bregret' offers timely lessons for Australian voters this weekend
  23. Election explainer: why do I have to vote, anyway?
  24. The shame game: why it's time to end the ‘mummy wars’
  25. Election FactCheck: Does the government spend $3 billion each year on the offshore asylum seeker detention system?
  26. Anti-discrimination law exemptions don't strike the right balance between rights and freedoms
  27. Slanguage and ‘dinky di’ Aussie talk in elections
  28. Only serious reform will avoid more exits from the European Union
  29. Shorten the consensus leader unites a fractured Labor, but it may not quite be enough
  30. Speaking with: ‘Poll Bludger’ William Bowe in the final week of the election campaign
  31. Video didn't kill the radio star – she's hosting a podcast
  32. States will ultimately pay for federal promises, no matter who wins Saturday's election
  33. Labor and Coalition need to go further than R D and startups to create innovation
  34. The Earth's biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
  35. Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat
  36. Paris climate targets aren't enough, but we can close the gap
  37. As more vulnerabilities are discovered. Is it time to uninstall antivirus software?
  38. Turnbull to promise 'a step up in political culture'
  39. There'll be a lot more besides Turnbull versus Shorten to watch on Saturday
  40. What's the Victorian government's dispute with the CFA about? And how will it affect the election?
  41. Why rents will rise under Labor's negative gearing proposal
  42. What now for Australian research in a post-Brexit world?
  43. Charging for credit and debit card use may become the norm under new rules
  44. A fringe group no more, the Greens put the frighteners on the two major parties
  45. Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
  46. Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
  47. Six ways to improve equity in Australian universities
  48. How the relationship between social media and traditional media has shaped this election
  49. If democratic citizenship is a universal right, how can we so neglect citizenship education?
  50. Coalition likely to win following Brexit

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