Opinion polls in Australia are pointing to a tight race between the two main parties in Saturday's parliamentary elections.
Much of the campaign has been about the candidates' personalities rather than their policies.
Julia Gillard - Australia's first female prime minister and an unmarried atheist - is up against a conservative Christian opponent nicknamed the "Mad Monk".
Dan Nolan reports from Sydney.
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