Anthony Albanese has hinted that Australians will going to the polls in May of next year.
The Prime Minister dropped the date during a Sky News interview while in Peru for the APEC 2024 summit before downplaying his comments.
Asked about the possibility of a March election, Mr Albanese gave stated the election would be held in May but then backtracked.
‘We have a budget scheduled for March and the election will be in May,’ Mr Albanese said.
When asked directly if the election would be in May Mr Albanese was less definite.
‘Well, that’s when it’s due. It could be beforehand,’ he said.
Tuesday’s Newspoll, which is widely regarded as the authoritative survey of voting intentions, showed Mr Albanese’s Labor government trailing the Coalition 49 to 51 percent on the two party vote.
Labor’s slumping primary vote at 33 percent badly trailed the Coalition’s 40 percent.
Compounding the trifecta of bad news for Labor Mr Albanese’s disapproval rating had soared to a whopping 55 percent of voters compared to just 40 percent who were satisfied with how he was performing at Prime Minister.
The one thing that may cheer Labor supporters is that no federal government has been turfed out after only term since 1931, when the Great Depression saw Labor’s James Scullin handed a then record loss after a record win only two years before.
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