Australian PM calls May 21 election
ANOTHER TERM? Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Morrison on Sunday called federal elections for May 21, launching a come-from-behind battle to stay in power after three years rocked by floods, bushfires and the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP PHOTO
SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison called federal elections for May 21 on Sunday, launching a come-from-behind battle to stay in power after three years rocked by floods, bushfires and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Morrison’s conservative government is struggling to woo Australia’s 17 million voters, lagging behind the opposition Labor Party in a string of opinion polls despite presiding over a rebounding economy with a 13-year-low jobless rate of 4 percent.
“This election is about you. No one else. It’s about our country and it’s about its future,” Morrison
