▁that ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁candidates ▁may ▁have ▁still ▁been ▁employed ▁by ▁government ▁ag encies , ▁bo ards ▁or ▁offices , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁may ▁consider ▁legal ▁challeng es ▁to ▁their ▁election . ▁According ▁to ▁Labor ▁Senator ▁Pen ny ▁W ong , ▁all ▁Labor ' s ▁candidates ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁stand , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Liber als ▁had ▁obtained ▁the ▁information ▁from ▁out dated ▁websites . ▁ ▁E lection ▁day ▁was ▁Saturday ▁ 2 4 ▁November . ▁ ▁Television ▁coverage ▁E lection ▁night ▁was ▁covered ▁extens ively ▁by ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁free - to - air ▁networks , ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁T ally ▁Room : ▁ABC ▁Television , ▁the ▁N ine ▁Network ▁and ▁the ▁Seven ▁Network . ▁Network ▁Ten ▁and ▁S BS ▁Television ▁included ▁brief ▁updates ▁and ▁news ▁bullet ins ▁through ▁the ▁night , ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁networks ' ▁extent . ▁ ▁Sky ▁News ▁offered ▁extensive ▁coverage ▁on ▁Pay ▁TV . ▁ ▁Seven ▁went ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁election ▁coverage ▁team ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁led ▁by ▁Sun r ise ▁hosts ▁David ▁Koch ▁and ▁Mel issa ▁Do yle , ▁who ▁were ▁assist ed ▁by ▁journalist ▁Mark ▁R iley ▁and ▁game ▁show ▁host ▁Andrew ▁O ' Ke efe . ▁Special ▁guests ▁included ▁Liberal ▁polit icians ▁Joe ▁Hockey , ▁Jack ie ▁Kelly , ▁Andrew ▁Rob b ▁and ▁former ▁Victor ian ▁Premier ▁Jeff ▁Ken nett , ▁Labor ▁polit icians ▁T anya ▁P li ber se k , ▁Mark ▁Ar bib ▁and ▁former ▁Queensland ▁Premier ▁Peter ▁Be att