Australian PM calls early election

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http://www.france24.com/en/Australian-PM-warns-dissolution-government



Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set the stage for early elections on July 2, despite signs his personal popularity is sagging, by recalling parliament in the boldest gamble of his short leadership.

Australian PM calls early election
Latest update : 2016-03-21

Parliament will be recalled from its seven-week recess to sit on April 18, Turnbull said on Monday, to vote on labour reform bills that are likely to be blocked in the upper house Senate by smaller parties such as the influential Greens and the main centre-left opposition Labor Party.

The release of the 2015/16 national budget would also be moved forward by one week to May 3, he said.

"The time for playing games is over," Turnbull said in a nationally televised news conference.

"This is an opportunity for the Senate to do its job of legislating rather than filibustering. The go-slows and obstruction by Labor and the Greens on this key legislation must end," he said.