"It's not the campaign either party thought they would be having," says Amy Remeikis, chief political analyst at the Australia Institute think tank. "The looming figure of Trump is overshadowing the domestic campaign but also forcing Australia's leaders to do something they haven't had to do in a long time - examine Australia's links to the US."

From sausage sizzles to “donkey votes,” Australian elections are never boring. This time around, there’s some added spice with President Donald Trump and his tariffs.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference with New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia,