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Federal cabinet will meet to decide whether former prime minister Scott Morrison will be censured over his secret ministries.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on his predecessor to apologise to parliament for his role in secretly appointing himself to five ministerial positions.

Cabinet will on Monday also consider recommendations from a report into Mr Morrison's conduct, handed down last week by former High Court judge Virginia Bell.

The report made six recommendations, which included public notifications of ministerial appointments.

Mr Albanese said a final decision on whether Mr Morrison would be censured would rest with cabinet.

"You had a shadow government operating in an unprecedented, extraordinary way," he said.

"You had a prime minister who was standing up in parliament and not telling his own side ... let alone the parliament as a whole, who held what portfolio and who was responsible for decisions."

Opposition workplace relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash said she would hold off on a decision on whether to back a censure until cabinet agrees on what it would do.

"The government haven't even themselves decided whether or not they'll be proceeding with the censure motion, let's just wait and see what the government does first," she said.

The prime minister said he had heard from multiple MPs, including those not in government, that there was a need for parliament to make a statement on Mr Morrison's secret ministries.

"It wasn't possible to hold ministers to account because people didn't know who the ministers were," he said.

"I believe that the parliament is likely to want to express a view on that and we will have a discussion of it."

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As Daniel Andrews strolled into the history books, Matthew Guy quietly made the call to walk away from the Liberal leadership after another Victorian election drubbing.

Labor is on track to win more than 51 of the 88 seats in the lower house after Saturday's poll, six more than the number required to govern in majority.

The coalition is projected to win at least 25 seats after starting the count with 27 and the Greens a minimum of four.

Seven seats remained too close to call as of Sunday afternoon, although Labor was predicted to win or was ahead in five of those.

If it takes all five, Labor will finish one seat ahead of its "Danslide" 2018 election victory result despite a plunge in its primary vote and double-digit swings against it in Melbourne's north and west.

The result marks the second time Mr Guy has led the coalition to an election drubbing, spelling an end to his time in the top job.

After making no mention of his future in Saturday night's concession speech, the Liberal leader announced he would not continue in the role via a statement.

"As soon as it is clearer which Liberal Party candidates will form the next parliamentary party room, I will call them together to elect their new leadership team," Mr Guy said on Sunday.

A sleep-deprived Mr Andrews fronted the cameras shortly before Mr Guy's decision was revealed and vowed to govern for all Victorians after a bitter campaign.

"Our politics may well be divided, but our community is united," he told reporters at parliament.

"Whether you voted for us or not, we'll work hard and get things done."

The premier, who made a catchphrase of "get on the beers" during Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns, said he marked the election win with a few glasses of wine.

"I did not get on the beers but many others did, which I thoroughly endorse," he added.

Victorian Labor's grip on government will now extend for another four years after holding power for 19 of the last 23.

The premier equalled Steve Bracks and John Cain by leading the party to three successive state election triumphs.

Mr Andrews, who is also set to become the state's longest-serving Labor premier next year, said former Liberal prime minister John Howard got it wrong when he branded Victoria the "Massachusetts of Australia" over its left-leaning tendencies.

"Massachusetts is the Victoria of the United States, be very clear about that," he said.

The premier confirmed Victorian parliament would return before the end of the year and hinted at potential election reform after ugly scenes at voting centres.

The Greens, meanwhile, are likely to win at least one extra inner-Melbourne seat, which leader Samantha Ratnam described as a "Greenslide".

The party is well ahead of Labor in Richmond but is expected to lose in Northcote after leading Labor on election night.

Ms Ratnam said the Greens were still on track to double their representation in parliament and hold the balance of power in the upper house.

It appears the Liberals could fend off teal independent candidates across Melbourne after John Pesutto pulled ahead of Melissa Lowe as postal ballots rolled in.

Labor lost the Mornington Peninsula seat of Nepean to the Liberals, but gained Glen Waverley and was ahead in Hastings.

Covering up for the Liberals' blushes, the Nationals picked up Shepparton, Mildura and Morwell in regional Victoria from country independents.

Just over two-thirds of votes had been counted on Sunday afternoon.

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Dave Rennie has hailed the Wallabies' rollercoaster spring tour a success after watching his brave, makeshift outfit complete an epic 39-34 comeback win over Wales.

The Wallabies rallied from 21 points down with 23 minutes remaining to finish the five-game tour on an incredible high in Cardiff.

Winger Mark Nawaqanitawase and replacement hooker Lachlan Lonergan were the heroes as Australia snatched victory from the jaws of defeat at the Principality Stadium.

Nawaqanitawase bagged a second-half double and also played a key role in the lead-up to Lonergan's match-winning try, two minutes from fulltime, as the Wallabies recovered from 34-13 down.

Adding to the drama, the Wallabies lost skipper James Slipper to a first-half head knock and were reduced to 13 men early in the second half following yellow cards for halfback Jake Gordon and hooker Folau Fainga'a.

But their never-say-die approach yielded a win for the ages.

The Houdini act also relieved some pressure on coach Rennie, who had been staring down the barrel of presiding over Australia's worst win-loss record in a calendar year since 1958 following consecutive narrow tour defeats to France, Italy and Ireland.

"It's good for our group. We lost three on the bounce by close scores and all games we could have won," Rennie said.

"We could have been going home with five victories or no victories. Our supporters have been put through the ringer with us, so it's nice to get a result."

Rennie's constant chopping and changing, be it because of injuries or ongoing uncertainty around what is Australia's best team, led to the coach using 51 players in 2022.

Replacement prop Sam Talakai was the latest debutant after winning his first cap in Cardiff.

Rennie, though, believes the European tour served as priceless experience for the Wallabies a year out from the World Cup in France.

"The time over here has been good for our group, for the belief, for the hard work," he said.

It's certainly been a good time for emerging mainstay Nawaqanitawase and Lonergan, who went from hero to villain to hero again in a matter of minutes.

After scoring the try that put the Wallabies in front with the clock winding down, Lonergan conceded a penalty that put Wales deep in attack before stealing the ball and booting it in to touch to spark joyous celebrations from teammates.

"Pretty stoked," Lonergan said.

"We were in the trenches there in the first half. At halftime we came together and said 'we need to get a result'.

"Obviously our captain went down with that head knock. So as a team, we said we had to do it for him, our country, do it for Australia."

With nine players, including big guns Michael Hooper and Taniela Tupou, ruled out of the tour injured, Rennie only had 25 players to choose from for his match-day 23.

And with Slipper gone and his side falling more than 20 points behind after two converted tries to Wales early in the second half, the Wallabies looked dead and buried.

But Nawaqanitawase ignited the comeback with fine finishing tries in the 57th and 67th minutes before another inspired burst set up Lonergan's game-breaker at the death.

"As you can see by the other games, we've only lost by a point to the top teams so don't lose faith in us," Nawaqanitawase said.

"We've got a strong team here. We back ourselves so hopefully everyone else backs us as well."

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