FIRST TIME VOTERS

For some Australians 2016's election was the first they have taken part in without the ever-present threat of violence.Some of the country's newest citizens have cast a vote in their new home.

Posters explaining how to vote are seen outside a polling both in Brisbane Source: AAP

For Indian migrants Asha and Abhilash Nair, this year's election was a milestone.

As they prepared to vote for the first time in Australia, Asha Nair said she now felt like a "real" Australian.