Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australians will vote in a general election on 18 May.
The poll will decide whether the conservative government wins a third term or is replaced by a Labor administration led by Bill Shorten.
All 151 seats in the House of Representatives will be contested, and half of the 76 seats in the Senate.
The election is expected to be hotly contested in several areas including climate change and the economy.
Opinion polls have had center-left Labor well ahead for years and show that the coalition of Morrison’s Liberals and the rural-focused Nationals party is headed for a resounding defeat.
Via Reuters
