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It's been two full days since Saturday's election and seven seats remain in doubt.
As vote counting continues, the Labor Party currently has 74 lower house seats and is inches away from reaching the 76 mark, which it needs to govern without the help of crossbenchers.
Of the seven seats that remain in doubt, Labor is projected to be ahead or considered likely to win in four of them.
Note: Earlier this morning, the ABC reported that eight seats were still in doubt. This article has been updated to reflect seven seats, with Richmond being won by Labor's Justine Elliot.
When will vote counting finish?
Australian Electoral Commission staff have been sorting and counting votes since polls closed at 6pm on May 21.
But alongside the votes made in person, there is also a mountain of postal votes to sort through, with many of these taking up to two weeks to arrive before being counted.
Which is why these postal votes could be vital in determining the outcome in some extremely close seats.
Here's how things are currently looking on a national level:
These are the seats still in doubt
Bass, TAS
While this seat is still in doubt, Bridget Archer appears to be the likely winner with 1,232 votes in the lead.
Despite her slim margin, Ms Archer says she is considering putting her hand up to become the next leader or deputy leader of the Liberal Party.
"I think I'll just have to wait until the party room meets to see what the final make-up is of the party room, talk to some colleagues and things like that," Ms Archer says.
Brisbane, QLD
Liberal National Party's Trevor Evans is the current member for Brisbane. Although, it's looking like he has not won his seat back.
It's unclear as to whether the Green or the Labor Party will win it. At the moment it looks as though the seat will be decided on preferences.
"Some of the postals look to be favouring Labor. Absent votes in that seat look to be favouring the Greens," the ABC's Casey Briggs says.
"It's on the left of politics. Which party holds it? We don't know.
"I think that this is one that we're going to be waiting a long time to know the results of."
Deakin, VIC
The seat of outgoing Liberal assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar is still too close to call.
Mr Sukkar is ahead of the Labor Party's Matt Gregg by 55 votes.
At this stage, there is a projected 4.7 per cent swing against him.
But Briggs says the result is lineball with 70 per cent of votes counted.
"This one is a really close one that we're going to have to see some more votes on," Briggs says.
Gilmore, NSW
Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance is ahead of current Labor MP Fiona Phillips by 306 votes.
Lyons, TAS
The Liberals have picked up a 4.6 per cent swing towards them, with Susie Bower leading on first preference votes.
But this is a very close-run battle that is yet to be called.
"Now, I'm not going to say this one is falling Labor's way yet. I think it's a close-run battle," Briggs says.
Labor's Brian Mitchell leads by 719 votes.
"We think Labor is ahead but they've suffered a swing against them in Lyons there."
Macnamara, VIC
The Greens still have a path to victory in this seat.
But Briggs says it seems more likely that Labor's Josh Burns could take it.
"Josh Burns pulled a little ahead. You would favour him. But the Greens have done well," he says.
Sturt, SA
Liberal candidate for Sturt James Stevens says he hopes to retain his eastern Adelaide seat.
Labor's Sonja Baram is just behind Mr Stevens, with a 6.3 per cent swing to Labor.
Mr Stevens says there is a challenge ahead for the party to re-engage with voters it has lost.
"About 56 per cent of postals are coming my way, so that's largely the votes to count, so if that trend remains, I might end up winning by 1,500 or 2,000 votes," he says.
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