Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has set a national election for May 3, as Labor faces a tight race against the opposition.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a national election for May 3, kicking off a five-week campaign.
Albanese met with Governor-General Sam Mostyn to seek formal approval to hold the federal election.
His Labor Party secured a majority in the 2022 election, but recent opinion polls show the party neck-and-neck with the opposition Liberal-National coalition once preferences from smaller parties are factored in.
The campaign is expected to focus heavily on cost-of-living issues, with Labor fighting to avoid becoming the first one-term government to lose an election in nearly a century.
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