Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he accepts full responsibility for the coalition's poor showing in Saturday's election, but is increasingly confident of retaining majority government as nearly 3 million absentee and postal votes are still to be counted.
Two Western Australian Liberal members of parliament, Luke Simpkins and Don Randall, have announced they will move a motion to vacate the Liberal Party's leadership, while Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he and deputy Julie Bishop would urge the party room to defeat the motion.
