On Friday all votes were finally counted, and the end result was 72 seats to Labor, 73 to the Coalition (but with one candidate declaring themselves more independent that coalesced), 1 seat for the Greens and 4 independent seats. 76 seats are needed to form a government so there are no doubt some very earnest discussions going on as we speak. The independents are a combination of greens & representatives of rural electorates so that should lead to some interesting conversations.
The incumbent party (Labor) gets the first attempt to persuade the independents to side with them. If they think they have the numbers then they will call a vote of confidence in Parliament. If this fails to return a majority vote, or if they feel unable to make this call, then after a couple of weeks it will be the turn of the coalition. If that falls through then the Governor-General will declare the election void and we're back off to the polls again...
The incumbent party (Labor) gets the first attempt to persuade the independents to side with them. If they think they have the numbers then they will call a vote of confidence in Parliament. If this fails to return a majority vote, or if they feel unable to make this call, then after a couple of weeks it will be the turn of the coalition. If that falls through then the Governor-General will declare the election void and we're back off to the polls again...
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