Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to meet with the governor-general this morning, marking the official start of a five-week race to the federal election on May 3.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to meet with the governor-general this morning, marking the official start of a five-week campaign ahead of a May 3 federal election .
Those policies will be debated against a backdrop of growing instability across the globe, with the spectre of further tariffs under the Trump Administrationwars in the Middle East and Europe, and the ongoing threat of China raising the stakes for any incoming government. But it's likely the election will largely be fought in outer-suburban and regional electorates where Labor and the Coalition will go head to head.Mr Albanese's re-election efforts have so far focused on traditional Labor policy areas, like health, education and childcare, in a bid to win over families and young people.
Rejecting Labor's income tax cuts, the opposition instead announced plans to cut the fuel excise from 50 cents to 25 cents for a year immediately if they are elected — a $6 billion move they say will save families hundreds of dollars a year. Conversely, Labor has led a push for state-based planning reform to allow for higher-density developments in cities as part of a bid to reach their national construction target of 1.2 million homes in five years.
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