[naturalman1975]

Polls close in the east coast states in less than 10 minutes. The count will begin almost immediately, but results take some time to start arriving.

[rfp1234]

Do they have voter ID?

[Nextrush]

Tony Abbott came to power as opposition leader by standing up to the climate change fraud that the coalition was set to endorse at the time.

It will be interesting to see what he does about the carbon tax as the next prime minister.

[melsec]

Thanks for this naturalman1975

[JoeDetweiler]

What ever happened to that Slipper guy? In jail yet?

[1035rep]

Bookmarked/Australian Federal elections results.

[mrreaganaut]

Excellent summation (and congrats on the apparent landslide), but perhaps you might drop a line or two about the Senate?

That’s what I’m really watching. The preference system has been proposed occasionally in the U.S., and some commentators believe that Tasmania may change the balance of power tonight toward the Coalition. Or not, depending on preferences.

[knarf]

Evenin’ mite ... any thoughts ?

[fortheDeclaration]

What is the Palmer Party?

[Impy]

Live thread here

Current media prediction has the Coalition winning 87 seats.