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Well, that's the end of our live coverage of Australia election 2019.

No-one predicted it, but the Liberal-National Coalition has won. PM Scott Morrison calls it "a miracle".

We don't yet know if they have the 76 seats required for a majority, but they will certainly be in government.

Labor's Bill Shorten has conceded and said he will step down as leader.

The coalition has swept through Queensland, a state full of marginal seats.

Former PM Tony Abbott has lost his seat.

There are plenty of votes still to be counted - some may not be called for days. And the Senate can take weeks to settle.

But we're leaving it here. Thanks for following and remember you can get all the latest Australia news from and by adding "Australia" to your topics in the 91�ȱ� News app.

With the election over - sort of - Australia's mind now looks to Tel Aviv, where the Eurovision Song Contest starts in a few hours.

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The polls - 56 consecutive weeks of them - pointed to a win for Labor and Bill Shorten.

It wasn't to be.

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The party is over at the Labor HQ and the clean up has begun.

Kate Rose is there for the 91�ȱ� and sent us this scene. Just a few people were left to watch Scott Morrison's victory lap.

Hywel Griffith
91�ȱ� News, Sydney

Try finding someone who says they saw this result coming.

For well over two years, the coalition has trailed behind Labor in the opinion polls, and the assumption had been it would be Labor's turn to govern.

But somehow Scott Morrison managed to turn things around at the 11th hour – and he did it largely on his own.

With some of his cabinet colleagues considered too toxic to appear in public on the campaign trail, ScoMo made this election about him, and his ability to be the trustworthy, daggy dad Australia needed.

In the end, it was very, very close, but the voters decided, on balance, he deserved the "fair go" he craved.

The PM wraps up his speech with another one of his campaign sayings - Aussies will "get a go" under his government.

"We're going to get back to work for the Australians that we know go to work every day, who face those struggles and trials everyday," he says.

"They're looking for a fair go and they're having a go and they're going to get a go from our government."

The PM goes on to thank many members of his cabinet, and winners of significant races.

He also thanks the party's directors, saying: "They have set a new mark, a new model, a new way for us to campaign as a Liberal and National team."

To summarise Labor leader Bill Shorten earlier - he has conceded and is stepping down as party leader after almost six years.

Glassy-eyed, he spoke with conviction in praising his team and their campaign.

Labor had offered a comprehensive package and solid commitments on healthcare, climate change and cutting tax benefits, he said.

"I say to all of you here tonight.... carry on the fight.

"Labor's next victory will belong to our next leader and I'm confident that victory will come at the next election."

The PM says thanks to “pretty much the whole state of Queensland” for helping him sweep to victory.The crowd in Sydney chants “Queensland, Queensland, Queensland!”

That's been a common refrain from the PM on the election trail, referring to his "quiet Australian" voters.

"I said that I was going to burn for you, and I am, every single day," he says.

"Tonight is not about me, it's not even about the Liberal party," says the PM.

"Tonight is about every single Australian who depends on their government to put them first.

"That is exactly what we're going to do."

"It has been those Australians who have worked hard every day, the have their dreams, they have their aspirations, to get a job, to get an apprenticeship, to start a business,to meet someone amazing...

"To start a family, to buy a home, to work hard and provide the best you can for your kids. To save for your retirement.

"These are the quiet Australians who have won a great victory tonight!"

"How good is Australia," he says. A recurring motif of his campaign.

"This is the best country in the world in which to live."

Scott Morrison starts by thanking Bill Shorten and wishing him "all the best'.

"I have always believed in miracles," he says.

"We worked incredibly hard. We advanced ideas. We campaigned on a positive vision. We were upfront and clear about the reforms that both sides of politics have ignored for decades. We have said loud and clear that Australia needs action on climate change.

"This is what politics should be in our country. Politics should be the battle of ideas.

"Labor is a great party. We are a resilient and proud movement and we never give up. Falling down is not our challenge, standing up again is our mark. Leave here knowing we've argued for the future and our time will come. Count upon that."

In Sydney, Liberals are watching Shorten's concession speech.

The 91�ȱ�'s Gary Nunn reports huge cheers as he says he's conceded. And boos as Shorten says Australia must take action on climate change.

Bill Shorten says he's proud of Labor's package of reforms.

"I am not disappointed for me. I'll always be proud of the courage and the integrity and the vision that our team showed. I'm disappointed for people who depend upon Labor but I'm proud that we argued what was right, not what was easy."

"This has been a tough campaign, toxic at times," says Mr Shorten.

"But now that the contest is over, all of us have a responsibility to respect the result."

More from Shorten:

"What I have always loved about the Labor party and still do is the ideas we champion, the people we empower, the people who count on us, the people who need good strong reforming Labor government."

"Gee I wish we could have formed a government for these Australians on this evening.

"I wish we could have done it for Bob," he says, meaning the former Labor PM Bob Hawke who died on Thursday.

"But it was not to be."

He says he will not be a candidate in the next leadership ballot for a party he has led for nearly six years.