A last minute change to election rules that will allow all Australians with Covid to cast their vote has staved off court action as the lucky country prepares to go to the polls on Saturday.
But more than three million people have made their choice and voted early. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is hoping to cling on to power, despite heavy criticism from within his own party and beyond - with the deputy PM calling him a hypocrite.
In the red corner is Labor's Anthony Albanese, one of Australia's longest serving MPs.
ABC political commentator Peter Ryan talks to Lisa Owen.
