Two weeks before the election, Shorten ramped up his campaign on health policy by describing the poll as a referendum on the future of Medicare. Just two possibilities remain: The coalition will win by the slimmest of margins, or there will be a hung parliament. Up until 2007, conservative John Howard served as prime minister for nearly 12 years. Australia's era of political chaos continued on Saturday, with a general election failing to deliver an immediate victor and raising the prospect of a hung parliament. The final tally was not expected to be known until Tuesday, after mail-in ballots and those cast ahead of Saturday's election were counted.

Source: ABC News July 02, 2016 10:12 UTC