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Britain will join the short list of countries where the voting age is 16, alongside the likes of Austria, Brazil and Ecuador.

Nicolette Boele has asked her supporters to help fund her legal defence against the Liberal Party's last-ditch bid to keep its chances of winning a marginal Sydney seat alive.

"What we, as the Liberal Party, presented to the Australian people was comprehensively rejected."

It will be the second time Tasmanians cast their ballot in 15 months and the fourth in just seven years.

Heading into the election, there was a handful of key seats that were going to prove crucial in the count.

One Nation will double its presence in the Senate after beating out Labor to the last seats in Western Australia and New South Wales.

Liberal candidate and former assistant minister Tim Wilson has provisionally won Goldstein off sitting MP Zoe Daniel, although the seat could yet head to a recount.

Wild twist in the closest seat in the country, with a new winner announced - but it's not over yet.

Tim Wilson claimed victory over incumbent MP Zoe Daniel in the inner Melbourne electorate of Goldstein last week, while Bradfield in Sydney's north was called for Gisele Kapterian a few days ago.

"Running a campaign and losing is also a powerful thing to do."

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's controversial defection from the Nationals to run for deputy Liberal leader has fallen flat, with the senator ultimately failing to contest the position.

Teal independent Monique Ryan is set to overcome the challenge from Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer a keep her place in parliament after a flurry of close seats were called.

Australian politics will play host to three leadership contests next week after Matt Canavan announced he will challenge David Littleproud for the right to lead the Nationals.

The Greens will head into the party room next week to vote on their new leader after Adam Bandt was ousted from his seat after about 15 years.

The call comes as two highly respected ministers are set to be sacked due to factional dealing.

He campaigned on the promise to forgive $16 billion in student debt - here's when it will happen.

Incoming Melbourne MP Sarah Witty has taken to social media to thank constituents and "heart and soul" grassroots Labor volunteers for helping elect her to parliament.

Bandt is the second party leader to be voted out of parliament at this election, after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was turfed from his seat of Dickson.

A rift between the Liberal Party and Nationals is emerging in the wake of Saturday night's disastrous federal election defeat.

Dutton flew into the nation's capital from his native Brisbane, where he was dramatically booted from his own seat by Labor's Ali France.

Days after the election, there are still 12 seats which remain in doubt, with counting set to carry well into next week.

The result still hung in the balance when voters went to sleep last night, however, Wilson has now successfully unseated teal independent Zoe Daniel.

It is the first time in Germany's post-war history that a chancellor-in-waiting has failed to win a vote.

With more than 82 per cent of the vote counted, the Liberal candidate and former MP is just over 700 votes clear of Daniel.

Jessie Price is contesting the division of Bean in the Australian Capital Territory against incumbant Labor MP David Smith in a race still too tight to call.

Albanese arrived back in Canberra today following Saturday's Labor victory, which saw him become the first prime minister to be re-elected since John Howard.

Adam Bandt is optimistic about his party's power in parliament despite losing key seats in Queensland.

Labor will have a far friendlier Senate to work with this parliament in a major boost to its hopes of implementing the policy platform it took to the election, while Jacqui Lambie is in a tight race to retain he seat.

What happens to them next depends on the person whose face is on the sign.

The White House called Australia a valued friend, even as the US president stayed silent and anti-Donald Trump sentiment was blamed for the Coalition's loss.

For the Coalition, last night was calamitous. Today, it's looking for a new direction, and a new leader - all while sifting through the rubble of a chaotic campaign, and wondering where it all went so terribly wrong.

The Liberal party is looking for a new leader after Peter Dutton became the first opposition leader in Australian history to lose his own seat overnight.

Pauline Hanson won't know the outcome of her daughter's Senate bid for some time.

Anthony Albanese has claimed a landslide victory in the 2025 federal election, with Australian newspapers marking the historic Labor win, whilst also taking aim at Peter Dutton's spectacular demise.

At the start of the year, Peter Dutton found himself in the unlikely position of making history in this federal election. He did end up doing just that – just not in the way he wanted.

Key seats have already been called for independent incumbents.

However, the party may still achieve success in the Senate.

Nine projects Labor has won a remarkable 90 seats, far surpassing even the most red-tinted polling before election day.

Nine has an unveiled election 'dunk tank' for the evening.

Vote counting for the 2025 federal election will be getting underway shortly, so how do we crunch the numbers?

The fate of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton now lies in the hands of millions of Aussies casting their votes today.

With the federal election campaign coming to an end, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have crisscrossed the country in an attempt to woo voters and secure the 76 seats they need to form government for the next three years.

By 6pm Saturday, Australians need to have voted in the federal election, or else face a fine.

It has become as much an Aussie staple as vegemite and Tim Tams.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are out on the hustings to make their last-minute pitches to undecided voters, with polls now less than 24 hours away from opening.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have traded criticisms over the Coalition's costings.

If modelling by pollster YouGov is to be believed, Labor is on track to return to parliament with a much larger majority.

A few months ago Pierre Poilievre appeared to be a shoo-in to become Canada's next prime minister. In the end he even lost his own seat.

Labor remains in the box seat to form government at Saturday's federal election, with a key poll giving it a healthy two-party lead over the Coalition.

The latest opinion poll is not what Peter Dutton was hoping for, with just three days left for the Coalition to convince voters.