Sunday 29 May 2022 07:28 AM When Australians will finally know if Anthony Albanese has a majority government trends now
Anthony Albanese may be just 24 hours away from finding out whether he has secured a majority government in the lower house.
Three seats that remain in doubt after the election just over a week ago, according to respected ABC election analyst Anthony Green.
'Staff will be processing declaration envelopes to be ready for a big count on Monday,' he tweeted on Sunday.
'That should clarify the final result - unless the three seats remain ultra-close.'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives with his partner Jodie Haydon for a street walk with the member-elect for Bennelong, Jerome Laxale in Eastwood, Sydney on Saturday, May 28, 2022
Labor needs 76 seats to gain a majority in the lower house of federal parliament, with the party sitting on 75, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.
'Having a majority Labor government I think is important in terms of sending a message, but I'm very clear as well that I want to treat the parliament with respect,' Mr Albanese told Sky News.
Three House of Representatives seats are still to be decided - Deakin and Macnamara in Victoria, Lyons in Tasmania, and Gilmore in NSW.
Liberal MP Michael Sukkar is 655 votes ahead of Labor's candidate Matt Gregg in Deakin, which recorded a swing to Labor of roughly four per cent.
In NSW, sitting Labor MP Fiona Phillips is 214 votes behind Liberal candidate and former state minister Andrew Constance in Gilmore, with postal votes slightly favouring Mr Constance.
The Victorian seat of Macnamara is complicated by it not yet being certain which two candidates will face off in the final count of preferences.
Labor MP Josh Burns has taken a slight lead over his Greens rival Steph Hodgins-May with Liberal candidate Colleen Harkin trailing.
If it remains that way, then Ms Harkin's preferences will get either
