Australia Election to Be Called Imminently as Tax Cuts Made Law

Australia’s center-left government rushed its new round of tax cuts through the parliament in the early hours of Thursday morning as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the start of the 2025 election campaign is imminent.

The tax cuts, which were announced Tuesday evening in the Labor government’s annual budget, will cost about A$17 billion ($10.7 billion). They were passed by both the lower and upper houses in the face of opposition from the center-right Liberal-National Coalition, which described them as a “cruel hoax.”

The surprise new policy comes as speculation intensifies that Albanese will call an election as soon as ...