Australian PM Calls General Election For May 3

Fonte: International Business Times

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra after announcing May 3 as the date for elections AFP Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate action, nuclear power and a runaway housing market. Albanese's centre-left Labor party took office in May 2022, turfing out a conservative government deeply unpopular after almost a decade in charge. But initial enthusiasm for Albanese, 62, has evaporated in recent months as the government nears the end of its three-year term.