Live from Tony Abbott’s private suite: his election victory, as it happened.

Tom Switzer, editor of the Spectator Australia in Sydney, from Tony Abbott's private suite:

3.20am (Sydney) 6.20pm (London)

Off home to call it quits. I'll probably have a slight hangover, but at least I know that, for a clear majority of voters, it will be morning again in Australia. Which happens to be the Spectator's cover and a variation of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign motto ('It's morning again in America.')

At this stage, it's the conservative Coalition 53.2 per cent (91 house seats) to 46.8 percent Labor (54 seats) with two undecided seats and three independent seats. It should be stressed that margins and seats could change with postal voting counted in come days, but the message is clear: an emphatic victory for conservatives tonight, but perhaps not as big as many of us had expected.

The senate, meanwhile, remains uncertain, but it's safe to say the Coalition won't control it.