ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott cast his vote early on Saturday (September 7) in a federal election, that he hopes will end six years of government by Kevin Rudd's Labor party and make him prime minister.<br/> <br />After nearly five weeks of intense campaigning the country decides who will form the government for the next three years.<br/> <br />Abbott, leader of the coalition, told a reporter in Sydney that the new prime minister has to be there for everyone.<br/> <br />"The best leaders are leaders who reach out to everyone and appreciate. If you are prime minister of a country you have to be a prime minister for everyone," he said.<br/> <br />Opinion polls throughout the campaign point to a comfortable victory for the Liberal National Coalition, ending a tumultuous six years in power for the Australian Labor Party.<br/> <br />Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Abbott have argued over how to tackle Australia's budget deficit and both have pledged to stop as
