The ACT Greens will have two weeks to decide which party to support in government, but admit they have not yet worked out what they want.
Greens MLA-elect Shane Rattenbury said the party had not determined a fixed list of demands for negotiations to form a minority government. ''We're confident that we will come up with the answer in time. We simply have to and we're working incredibly hard on that stuff,'' he said yesterday.
A declaration of results is expected by Wednesday. The Assembly must sit within one week of then to select the next chief minister.
The latest vote count in Molonglo shows the Liberals strengthening their lead in the battle for the electorate's seventh seat, while Labor frontbencher Simon Corbell is now among four candidates fighting for the last three seats.
Greens candidate Elena Kirschbaum, 23, has overtaken her fellow Green Caroline Le Couteur, but trails Liberal candidate Jeremy Hanson by 101 votes.
Liberal candidate Giulia Jones is 57 votes ahead of Mr Hanson, while Labor's Simon Corbell is a further 45 votes in front of Mrs Jones.
Greens MLA-elect Meredith Hunter said the party would try to select its demands from its election commitments. ''We will be in discussions for days and we have been already,'' she said.
The Greens met Liberal leaders Zed Seselja and Brendan Smyth yesterday, after meeting Labor on Tuesday.
The discussion with the Liberals was the first since the election.
Mr Seselja said the Greens had not come to the meeting with a bargaining position in mind.
''I think that now it's time for the Greens to figure out what it is that they're looking for in perhaps a little more detail, particularly in areas like what particular role they want to play in this next Assembly,'' he said.
The Greens will meet Labor tomorrow morning and the Liberals that afternoon for more specific negotiations. The Greens' Amanda Bresnan said the parties discussed areas of agreement, including the proposed Tuggeranong data centre, and issues such as school closures.
Mr Seselja was pleased with the meeting, but his confidence in forming government had not changed. ''The Greens appear to be approaching it [the talks] in good faith, that's a positive; discussions were wide-ranging and fruitful, but, look, I'm not going to make any predictions.''
He said if the Greens pushed for specific policies to be costed and adopted as part of their negotiations the Liberals should receive those figures. ''I would expect, that given what Treasury has done in the pre-election period, then any costings they do for the Labor Party will be made available.''
Ms Hunter said she had not received any specific feedback from party members opposed to a Liberal-Greens government.
''We had our feedback from our members on Monday night and there were a range of views. The ACT Greens is a broad church of members, they bring different experiences and views.''
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