3 May 2025

Election Day in Australia

From Saturday Morning, 7:11 am on 3 May 2025
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton

Photo: RNZ / AFP

Election booths are opening in Australia just under three hours' time.

Incumbent Labor leader Anthony Albanese is considered the favourite, but polls can be wrong - and a second term for Albanese was considered unlikely only a few months ago.

His nearest rival is Liberal-National Coalition leader Peter Dutton whose popularity surged when he tapped into a more Trump-ian approach.

Morning Report's Corin Dann talks to Susie live from Sydney.

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