Australian PM seeks second ‘miracle’ win in May 21 polls

Bloomberg

Australia will hold a national election on May 21, after a six-week campaign period which center-right Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes will bring him another come-from-behind victory.
Morrison’s Liberal National coalition is currently trailing the opposition Labor Party in opinion polling, but he was in a similar position ahead of the 2019 election and narrowly won another term in office, saying then he “always believed in miracles.”
“This election — others will seek to make it about me. It’s about the people watching this right now. It’s about them,” Morrison said at a press conference, where he announced
the poll date.“Our government is not perfect, we’ve never claimed to be, but we are up-front. And you may see some flaws but you can also see what we have achieved for Australia in incredibly difficult times.”
Opposition Labor leader Anthony Albanese kicked off his campaign to become the
next Australian prime minister, with a focus on lifting wage growth and easing cost-of-
living pressures.