Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews still hasn't spoken to Labor Leader Bill Shorten, two days on from the federal election.
Mr Andrews still maintains the controversial CFA pay deal hasn't hurt the vote, despite Labor not picking up any new seats, while others are still too close to call.
He claimed Mr Shorten has been too busy since the election to speak to the premier.
"We're playing phone tag, he's got a lot of crossbenchers to talk to, I look forward to speaking to him probably later on today," Mr Andrews said on ABC 774 Radio on Monday.
Mr Andrews pushed through a deal between the CFA and the United Firefighters Union, leading to anger among volunteers in some marginal seats.
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Despite criticism from federal Labor figures, Mr Andrews reiterated that swings to Labor in many CFA seats, including Broadford and Kilmore, proved the controversy didn't hurt the vote.
"What that all adds up to is massive swings to Labor in what was supposed to be the centre of Armageddon around the CFA issue," he said.
"We did not get wiped out ... we have added to our vote," he said.
Numerous seats in Victoria are at risk at falling from Labor's hands, including Anna Burke's old seat of Chisholm and David Feeney's seat of Batman, while marginal Liberal seats of Dunkley and La Trobe are too close to call.
"I wouldn't concede La Trobe or Dunkley or Chisholm yet, they're still being counted," Mr Andrews said.
While Mr Andrews did not attend Mr Shorten's Melbourne election night event, he said Mr Shorten had "run a fantastic campaign".
