Australia is going to the polls to elect a new government on May 18, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.
"We live in the best country in the world," Morrison said announcing the widely expected May 18 date, arguing the future of the country depends on a strong economy. The election pits Shorten, a former labour union leader who has presented himself as the alternative prime minister for the past six years, and Morrison, a leader who the Australian public is still getting to know.
Bill Shorten, the leader of the opposition Labor party, is the favourite to become Australian prime minister, opinion polls suggest. Asylum seekers from the Middle East, Africa and Asia would typically disable or sink their boats when intercepted by patrol ships in waters north of Australia so that the Australian crews would have to rescue them rather than turn the boats away. Under the new regime, the asylum seekers were placed in motorised lifeboats that were towed back to Indonesia.
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