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What a weekend.
The benefits of Kerryn Phelps' (not totally unexpected) victory continues today, with Scott Morrison everything but guaranteed a minority government.
The last count is about 1,600 votes of independents and, although the postal votes are outstanding, ABC's electoral analyst, Antony Green, said he saw "sundry figures" showing that Sharma would need about 70% of the remaining vote to win and it will not happen ".
The majority of a Coalition headquarters is therefore virtually no longer.
In what has been labeled "The Sookening" on social media, Malcolm Turnbull has emerged the biggest scapegoat for conservatives, who seem shocked that he a) leaves parliament after being sacked as a leader and b) does not campaign for the party that abandoned him and c) continues to exist.
The almost official loss is attributable to everything but coalition politics, apparently. Obviously, it is the voters who are wrong.
We will continue to cover Wentworth and all that surrounds it today, but there is also something more important in this building, which is more important than politics: it is the national apology against the victims and survivors of institutional abuse.
People flock to Parliament to see the Prime Minister apologize for the fact that the country has long turned a blind eye to the trauma and suffering endured by children in the hands of those who were supposed to protect them.
Apologies come after Julia Gillard commissioned a royal commission of inquiry into sexual abuse in institutions and its responses, and Malcolm Turnbull adopted most of the recommendations of the commission.
Today, Morrison will apologize.
Mike Bowers and the trust of the guardian's brain will be there, covering the excuses and all that goes with it, and the comment thread is open.
It will be a good day for many people, so be sure to take care of yourself and take breaks if necessary.
Ready?
Let's go in.
