But citizens usually look to media outlets and election experts - like Australia's national broadcaster ABC - to call the unofficial results on election night. In the last election in 2022, the ABC announced the results at 9:30pm - just three and a half hours after polls closed on the east coast.

Australians are increasingly voting for independents and outside the main parties, expanding the ranks of such cross-benchers to 19 after the 2022 election, out of 150 seats.Here are the potential outcomes of the vote and what they would mean:MAJORITY LABOR GOVERNMENTAlbanese would continue as prime minister,

Australians will head to the polls on Saturday to vote in federal elections and choose their next parliament. The ruling centre-left Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is polling slightly higher than the Liberal-National Coalition,