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Albanese calls Australia general election for May

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March 28, 2025

Australians will go to the polls in May for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as prime minister Anthony Albanese s centre-left Labour Party seeks a second three-year term.

- ROD MCGUIRK

Albanese calls Australia general election for May

Mr Albanese drove to governor-general Sam Mostyn's official residence today to trigger the election and planned to officially announce the date later at a news conference at Parliament House. The options were to hold the voting on 3, 10 or 17 May. Most commentators agreed that the earliest date was the most likely.

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