That link is about Queensland state and council elections, Federal elections are run by the AEC: https://aec.gov.au/Voting/counting/ https://aec.gov.au/Voting/c

That link is about Queensland state and council elections, Federal elections are run by the AEC: https://aec.gov.au/Voting/counting/ https://aec.gov.au/Voting/counting/ (although the process is similar). When looking at this information you need to keep in mind that virtually all ballots in Australian elections are paper ballots that must be manually counted. Postal votes can still be received for a week after the election, but a result can be declared anyway if the margin is greater than the number of outstanding votes. Counting is initially focussed on the House of Representatives, which uses single-member electorates, is where control of government is decided and has terms that start at the first sitting after the election. The Senate count is left later - it uses multiple-member electorates where the count can't be declared until literally every ballot is data-entered, but it is also of less public interest as it doesn't decide control of government and there is a delay before the Senators take their seats.