Australia has delivered its contribution to political and economic uncertainty. We face either a hung parliament or a wafer-thin majority in the lower house and an unruly senate . It's our own Brexit moment. 
It is the market and the economy's worst nightmare. Even if Turnbull's coalition government claws its way into office his party's mandate to reform has been shattered and his poor electoral showing will reopen smouldering factional disunity.
While the destabilising aftermath of the Brexit vote moved into a lull towards the end of last week, the full wash up will not be fully understood for years.
In Australia the instability that will reign over the economy and politics will remain under whichever fragile governance emerges after Tuesday when remainder of the votes are counted.
A raft of coalition reforms from superannuation and innovation to business tax cuts for all but very small enterprises must now be in doubt.
But the stockmarket and ratings agencies that adjudicate on our sovereign debt will deliver the most damning score cards this week as the dust settles and a result becomes clear.
The looks of Moody's and Standard & Poor's are widely expected to downgrade the country's Triple A rating or at least place it on negative credit watch on the expectation that the budget deficit will blow out.
Ratings agencies were quick to downgrade Britain's credit rating within a week of the vote to leave the European Union.
Before the election votes were counted markets had been looking for a very positive start to the week - but the post election reality market saw the market index fall 12 points at the opening of Monday's trading.
The Australian dollar has already been belted, having opened down half a cent in early morning trading.
Markets don't like uncertainty. Speculators will be in the ascendancy this week while many other investors will wait on the sidelines until the election outcome becomes clear.
One small ray of sunshine for the electorate will be their improved prospects of receiving an interest rate cut over the next five weeks.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will have an opportunity to move on Tuesday but the betting is that it will wait until early next month to shave another 25 basis points off the rates - taking them to a new all time low of 1.5 per cent.
Weak inflation numbers already reported this year have been responsible for a cut in   May and the level of uncertainty produced from a combination of the UK referendum and the Australian election will play badly into business and consumer confidence.