Albanese's Labor party won a majority at the last federal election in 2022, but most recent opinion polls show the party neck-and-neck with the opposition Liberal-National coalition when votes from smaller parties are redistributed.

Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday. Opinion polls indicate it will be a neck-and-neck race between Albanese's ruling centre-left Labor party and the conservative Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Dutton,

Economic and global issues are likely to be key campaign topics, with polls showing that the election will be closely fought.