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Albanese’s Waiting Game

When will Anthony Albanese call the 2025 Australian Federal Election?

The Daily Telegraph | January 6, 2025

The first choice the PM needs to make is whether to allow parliament to go ahead as scheduled for the first two weeks of February or to visit the Governor-General to call the election.

Every three years we play the great election date guessing game. But this time there’s a twist — will we get a Federal Budget before we vote?

Anthony Albanese can choose any Saturday between now and May 17, and as he begins his re-election roadshow this week, speculation is in overdrive about what date he will choose and whether the budget, scheduled for March 25, will go ahead.

But there are only a handful of real options spread over the next 130 days.

The prime minister asked his MPs to get feedback, especially in battleground seats, as he weighs up his choices to pick the date he thinks would most work to his advantage.

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