澳大利亚联邦大选英文报道：民众排队投票

Polls in Australia's Federal election have opened in what is forecasted to be a tight contest.

Australian voters will choose on Saturday between the incumbent center-right Liberal-National Party coalition led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and Bill Shorten's center-left Labor Party. The party that secures 76 of 150 seats in the House of Representatives will form the next government.

All 76 seats in the Senate are also up for election for the first time since 1987. Over 12 million Australians are expected to cast their votes on Saturday. Another million took advantage of early voting in the week leading up to the election.