Australians Go To The Polls On May 18

Daily Mail: 'Vote for Labor once, pay for it for 10 years': Scott Morrison calls a May 18 election to be fought on the Coalition's promised tax cuts and border protection against Bill Shorten's radical renewable energy and negative gearing plans

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a federal election for Saturday, May 18
* He visited Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove to have Parliament dissolved
* Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is odds-on favourite to be Australia's next PM
* Labor wants Australia to source 50 per cent of energy from renewables by 2030
* Government is also campaigning against Labor's plan to scrap negative gearing
* Coalition has been plagued with disunity and has lost 50 straight Newspolls
* Betting agency Sportsbet is predicting the biggest Labor victory in 76 years
* Peter Dutton, Christian Porter, David Coleman, Ken Wyatt tipped to lose seats

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the federal election will be held on May 18.

He met with Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove on Thursday morning to formally dissolve Parliament.

The Liberal-National coalition is seeking a third, three-year term, but opinion polls have consistently put Labor ahead on a two-party-preferred basis.

Mr Morrison is the third Prime Minister - after Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull - to lead a divided government since the Coalition came to power in 2013, and only took the helm in late August.

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WNU Editor: This is what I call a very short election.

More News On Australia's Election

Australia election announced: 10 things to know about the poll -- BBC
Australian prime minister sets election for May 18 -- AFP
Australia will hold new elections in May -- DW
Australian election May 18 to be fought on refugees, economy -- AP
Australian PM Morrison announces election date -- Al Jazeera
Center-left party powerbroker favored as next Australian PM -- AP
‘Accidental Prime Minister’ has short run-up to Aussie vote -- AP
Australia may elect its seventh leader in just over a decade as election called -- CNN