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Australia PM says election 'imminent' as govt rushes to pass Bill on tax cuts
The Straits Times
|March 28, 2025
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on March 27 that he planned to call an election "imminently", as his centre-left government rushed through Parliament a Bill on fresh tax cuts in a bid to lift support and win back aggrieved voters.
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SYDNEY - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on March 27 that he planned to call an election "imminently", as his centre-left government rushed through Parliament a Bill on fresh tax cuts in a bid to lift support and win back aggrieved voters.
Three-year term limits mean Australia needs to go to the polls by May 17 at the latest to elect a new Parliament. Opinion surveys show a close-run election, with the opposition Liberal-National Coalition ahead of Labor by a narrow margin.
"It will be in May, I can guarantee that. And it will be called pretty imminently," Mr Albanese told radio station Triple M.
"I'm not calling it today but I will call it soon. I think that Australians want to get on with it."
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