After months of speculation, Anthony Albanese has officially announced Australians are heading to the polls on May 3. Follow live.
pitch to voters is squarely focused on the cost-of-living. He says Australia can't afford to continue down the current path.
"Australian families need relief now, and we must do better. And there is a better way, and the coalition has an achievable plan to get our country back on track.""The question that Australians need to ask is, are you better off today, is our country better off today than three years ago," he says.Cost-of-living pressures, a failed Voice referendum and the war in the Middle East has made gaining a second term more complicated for Albanese.
"I think the very thought of heading to the polls might bring on some anxiety for many First Nations peoples."We know this time was a time when exposure to discrimination increased." Asked if there was any circumstance in which he'd work with a minority Coalition government, Bandt responded "no". will today reiterate his party's plan to pressure Labor to take real action on the cost of living and climate.
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