SPECIAL ELECTION 2016 EDITION: Australia votes for chaos, again

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LIVE: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR CHAOS, AGAIN Swing to Labor at over 3%; result not expected tonight. Most likely outcome is now a slim Coalition victory Huge swings in some individual marginal seats against the Coalition; Nick Xenophon Team ousts Jamie Briggs in South Australian seat of Mayo

6 of the biggest election night surprises that have left Australians stunned First of all, this wasn't supposed to happen. Despite the polls, most people expected a result by around 9.30pm tonight. Instead, it's groundhog day and 2010 all over again.

I got some alarming advice on the Senate from polling booth workers when voting today How 15 million people voted in the Senate today is important. But what happened when Business Insider voted today was concerning.

People are freaking out that Pauline Hanson has been re-elected She's back. It's been nearly two decades since Pauline Hanson, the controversial former member for Oxley, was an Australian senator. But it looks like the One Nation party founder is staging a comeback.

Australia looks set to get its first federal female Aboriginal MP Labor politician Linda Burney, who became the first Aboriginal person in the New South Wales parliament, looks set to make history again tonight as the first female Aboriginal woman in the lower house.

Bill Shorten started a national conversation about the right way to eat a sausage The hashtag #DemocracySausage has been the top trending topic on Twitter in Australia all day, as voters enjoy the sausage sizzles at polling stations around the nation.

Former minister Jamie Briggs has been smashed in South Australia Liberal MP Jamie Briggs has had an annus horribilis.

One politician schooled everyone else on Instagram over the election campaign As social media plays an increasingly important role in politics, party leaders look for new ways to engage people on different platforms.

Some of the best pictures of dogs at polling stations as Australia votes Australia went to the polls today -- the country's first double-dissolution election since 1987.

Election 2016: Here's what people are talking about on Facebook right now Malcolm Turnbull dominated his competition on Instagram this election campaign but as the finish line draws closer it appears opposition leader Bill Shorten is leading the conversation on Facebook.

People are putting their money on the Liberal Party to win the 2016 election Sportsbet attracts more variations of gambling that its name suggests, including political.

The Greens submitted all their policies for costing at the last minute - and it couldn't be done in time The Greens sent the election policy costings umpire, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), 25 policies to be costed on the last day of the election campaign, leaving it unable to provide a view of 15 policies.

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