So here we are. It's taken me this long to get through the firewall here and start blogging, but here we go...

You'll have seen the exit polls by now, I imagine. And the numbers are starting to go up on the big board. Not that that matters, anymore, of course, in our online world.

I've been told that we're over 20% in Sydney, Melbourne, Richmond and many more.

Christine will be live on Sky any minute now. Back soon.

Hearing great things from regional candidates about young women, in particular, swinging from the Nats to the Greens. That's a significant part of the future for us! Interesting if it's happening now. We shall see when the numbers come up. Look for Calare, Eden-Monaro, Gippsland, etc...

In terms of inner metro seats, we're looking at a swing of 5% to the Greens in Grayndler, I'm told.

So far, there is a solid swing to the Greens in every single seat. Great news!

Interesting news from North Sydney - the Liberals were handing out how-to-votes telling people to vote 1 Grn 2 Lib! There's a hearty admission of our power if ever I've heard it.

ALP in the room here are calling Bennelong for Maxine. Primary swing to ALP of 17%?!?!Unbelievable. And the feeling here is Labor will win easily, without QLD results even coming in.

Sorry not to post more. Am also taking Christine around to the mainstream media...

Tasmania is looking extraordinary for us, with big swings and very big numbers. 18.9% in Denison, Franklin 14.1%, Bass 15%, Lyons 11%.

ACT numbers are huge. Most importantly the Libs are polling 31% primary on 30% of the vote counted. If those numbers translate to the Senate, or even better, we can start to feel reasonably confident about seeing Senator Kerrie Tucker in the ACT. That would be truly historic.

Sorry for long absence. Most recent great news is essentially that Bob looks like he's easily won on quota - the first time we've ever won on quota, and only the second time any minor party has done so, I believe.

ACT count is very very close indeed. Hold your hats ladies and gentlemen.

Jenny Leong in Sydney looking at 22%! Well done Jenny!

Adam Bandt in Melbourne at 24% and trouncing the Libs at 19%. Hip hip hooray for Adam!

Our national Senate vote has hit 10%. It should still rise. This is a big result for us. Let's see about how it translates to Senators themselves, of course.

We're starting to get slightly confident of Richard Di Natale being the next Greens Senator - Greens Senate vote in VIC is close to 10%, and the preference flows are looking strong.

**Switching your coverage to Western Australia**
Tim Norton from the WA party room here, thought I should jump in and update while Tim H is obviously busy...

The atmosphere is definitely one of elation towards an ALP win.

Maxine's speech is receiving great applause.

Latest numbers for SA look like a good result for the Greens

Bob's speech on TV has naturally caused silence in the room here, with everyone exhalted at his results!

ABC are now also predicting a win for Richard Dinatale in VIC in the Senate

Initial figures are showing the following wins for the Greens:
Sarah Hanson-Young in SA, Richard Dinatale in Vic, Bob Brown in Tas

We're also very hopeful for Scott Ludlam in WA, but the numbers are too early to call in that one.

Greens currently polling at 9.38% nationally in the Senate count

ABC election online is predicting the election of 3 new Greens Senators here.

Greens polling 7.7% nationally in lower house

Howard is ADMITTING DEFEAT! LIVE ON TV!

This is an historic moment for Australia, and nowhere (besides perhaps Maxine's party) will you hear people soooooo happy to hear Howard's acceptance of LOSING!

It's clear, clean and dusted - we have a landslide win to K-Rudd and his ALP team.

Naturally, in WA we're eagerly awaiting the results from the WA senate race, but with only 7.75% of the vote counted, it's a bit too early to call.

Its sad to see that Andrew Bartlett is likely to lose his seat, being knocked out ahead of Pauline's United Australia Party...

ABC's election calculator has dropped Richard Dinatale out of the senate race.

Scott is now preparing to speak to the crowd here in WA about his predicted win

Great response here from Scott in WA - the crowd love the guy

Of course, it's too early to call, but at the moment sources such as the ABC are calling Scott in WA, Sarah in SA and Bob (of course) in Tas. Richard in Vic and Larissa in QLD are still possibilities... we shall have to await final results, which in some cases can take weeks...

That's it from us - thanks to all who volunteered, helped, listened, voted and otherwise cared. You'll hear from us once we have more figures in the race for the Senate.