
Pauline Hanson speaks to the media on July 2, the night she won a seat in the Australian Senate after 18 years out of Parliament.

Opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten called on Prime Minister Turnbull to resign on July 4, after his party won at least 10 seats in Saturday's vote.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull leaves his Sydney home on July 3, the day after Australia's incredibly close national election delivered a harsh verdict on his government.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy cast their votes in the federal election on Saturday, July 2.

Australian Labor Party leader Bill Shorten speaks on the last day of campaigning in Sydney, Australia.

Voters line up at Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club in Sydney July 2. Australians were voting for their first since 2013, amid the global economic fallout from the UK's Brexit vote.

The election came as Australia remains divided over issues such as same-sex marriage and refugees, provoking protests in Sydney and other major cities.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) was attempting to defend his majority against Labor party leader Bill Shorten (right), who was tied with him in polling before the vote.

On April 8, refugee advocates demonstrated outside an event held by Turnbull, calling for overseas detention centers to be shut.

Despite an early surge in popularity after he ousted Tony Abbott in 2015, Australians increasingly cooled on Turnbull. He's been criticized for failing to change his predecessor's policies on gay marriage and climate change.

Labor Party Leader Bill Shorten caught up with Turnbull in polling over the course of the campaign, but just fell short of taking power back from the center-right Liberal Party.

Climate change remains a divisive issue in Australia -- during the campaign, a group of kayakers protested the government's lack of action outside Turnbull's Point Piper mansion in Sydney.

Turnbull took former leader Tony Abbott's job in September 2015, but Abbott remained in Parliament despite the loss and won his seat again on July 2.

Green party leader Richard Di Natale could hold the balance of power in Australia's senate after the election, as the July 2 vote dissolved both houses of Parliament.


