David Pocock was not ready to declare victory late Sunday, despite early counting putting him in a likely position to oust Liberal Zed Seselja from the ACT Senate.
Anthony Albanese will today be sworn in as Prime Minister by the Governor General as he prepares to lead what shapes as a much more diverse parliament than the last.
Subscriber: ACT Senator Zed Seselja is pinning his hopes of re-election on postal and pre-poll ballots but his path to victory is narrow, with Greens and other independent preference votes likely to favour independent candidate David Pocock.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the election of a federal Labor government would mark a new approach to relations between the territory and the Commonwealth.
Barnaby Joyce may refuse to take any blame for the inner-city seats lost by his Coalition colleagues, but political pundits say the Nationals leader has Liberal blood on his hands.
Canberra's celebration of spring will return to Commonwealth Park from September 17, as the ACT works to rebuild the event which once attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Subscriber | Analysis: Canberra's third-straight NRL win has continued the club's climb up the ladder. But coach Ricky Stuart will face some problems in the aftermath of their demolition job on the Bunnies in Dubbo.
