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Labor is on track to secure the minimum number of seats required to form a majority government.
Numbers tallied by the Australian Electoral Commission show Labor currently leading with 76 seats. But some, including the seat of Gilmore on the NSW south coast, are too close to call.
On Monday morning senior Labor figures were not ready to claim a majority government victory, but said there was a 'strong and credible path' towards it.
'We're hopeful for a majority government but there's more votes to be counted. That's the reality. We've got a few more days to go,' newly sworn in Finance Minister Katy Gallagher told ABC News Breakfast on Monday.
Labor is on track to secure the minimum number of seats required to form a majority government. (Pictured: prime minister Anthony Albanese, foreign minister Penny Wong and Jodie Haydon)
Numbers tallied by the Australian Electoral Commission show Labor currently leading with 76 seats
The latest Australian Electoral Commission figures have Labor ahead in 76 seats and the coalition with 58 MPs.
Postal votes will continue to be received and counted until June 3 and the writs will be returned on or before June 28.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister Richard
