Australian PM launches pitch for his second ‘miracle’ win

Bloomberg

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison made an impassioned pitch for his center-right government to be re-elected for a fourth term less than one week from a national election, with polls pointing to an opposition victory.
The Liberal National Coalition government held its official campaign launch in Brisbane, Queensland, a state that is crucial for Morrison’s party for any possibility of victory in the May 21 election.
Speaking in front of a crowd of loyal supporters on Sunday, Morrison said “Australia has prevailed” in the face of a pandemic, a global economic downturn and climate change-fueled natural disasters.
“We stand on the edge of a new era of opportunity, better days are now ahead, but we cannot take it for granted,” the prime minister said.
Morrison’s government will seek re-election on the back of a strong economy and record-low unemployment, and further appealed to the hip pockets of Australians with proposals to unlock pension rules for real estate investing.
The Labor opposition has criticised the “cost-of-living crisis” in Australia, with rising inflation and low wages.
Morrison’s party has held on to power with a slender one-seat majority in Australia’s
151-seat parliament in the past three years, but latest opinion polls show a swing in public sentiment, indicating an emphatic victory for the opposition in the election.