Canberra, March 27 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will call the federal election on Friday morning for May 3, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday.
The prime minister will visit Governor-General Sam Mostyn in the Australian capital Canberra, where he will advise that he is dissolving parliament and calling the federal election for May 3, said the report, adding that it is to trigger "a five-week campaign to convince voters whether Labor under Anthony Albanese or the Coalition under Peter Dutton is most fit to lead the country."
According to the report, the cost of living is likely to dominate the campaign and both parties will have to campaign fiercely to guarantee enough seats to be able to govern, ...