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Labor took the glory, but beneath the surface of the election result an ongoing trend holds a warning for both major parties.

The ABC projects Lisa Chesters has clung to the Victorian seat for the government after recording the largest swing against the party. 

Liberal deputy Sussan Ley and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor firm as the two likely contenders for the party's leadership, as a split emerges among Coalition MPs over what to do with its nuclear proposal.

Nationals MP Michael McCormack says his party will push for more shadow ministries because it now makes up a greater percentage of the Coalition.

Two Nationals MPs say the Coalition's plan to build seven nuclear power stations must be kept, as the opposition moves to review everything it took to an election that handed them a disastrous result.

From the outer suburbs to the seaside, the Coalition was abandoned by its core base. The ABC spoke to voters in key changing seats to ask why.

Rudd, Hawke, Whitlam, Chifley: A list of Labor greats that Albanese now happily rubs shoulders with, while the Liberals lick their wounds.

The loss of Peter Dutton's seat has forced the question of who will replace him to lead the smallest Liberal party room in the party's modern history.

Wills was Labor heartland, but now the seat that belonged to Bob Hawke is squarely in the marginal column.

A publican's push to wrest the seat of Bendigo from Labor is in full swing, but despite an apparent "tidal wave" of cash and blanket advertising, he has his work cut out for him.

Former WA opposition leader Mia Davies is running for election for the Nationals in Western Australia.

The Coalition has made an election pledge to put $20 billion into regional health care, child care and infrastructure.

The Coalition has promised to improve access to health care and child care in the regions, boost connectivity and improve roads with a $20 billion future fund.

Like their name suggests, an independent MP is separate from any party, with their own individual policies and views. Here's a guide to who's who.  

Federal MP Andrew Gee's Facebook account has been caught impersonating a disgruntled voter and praising the politician for his stand against "dirty tactics" by an opponent.

The WA Liberals look set to become the state's official opposition party once again, after claiming victory in a seventh seat, by less than 100 votes.

The WA Liberals are staring down the very real possibility of remaining the state's second-tier opposition party for the next four years as the tight race for lower house seats continues.

The regional seats of Albany, Warren-Blackwood and Pilbara have been finalised as counting continues two weeks after the state election.

WA's little-known opposition leader is fighting for recognition, his seat and the future of his party. On a road trip through his massive electorate, Shane Love talks about culture wars, frenemies and the time he helped someone vote Labor.

Nationals senator Matthew Canavan has said in an interview that his party introduced a nuclear policy as a political fix, in a video that emerges amid his colleague Keith Pitt announcing he will quit politics.