Timetable for counting Australia's votes

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH THE ELECTION COUNT

SATURDAY

* More than 11 million House of Representatives votes cast on election day and in pre-poll centres counted.

* First preference Senate votes cast on election day counted.

SUNDAY

* Absent, interstate, postal and other declaration votes are sorted and packaged to send to home electorates. These can't be counted until received in the home electorates.

* Votes collected by mobile polling teams counted.

MONDAY

* Continue verifying postal votes.

* Senate pre-poll votes and any remaining House of Representatives pre-poll votes counted.

TUESDAY

* Full count of votes from all sources resumes.

(Source: Australian Electoral Commission)