Why the federal election will likely be May 21

The federal election will be held on either May 14 or May 21. Here’s everything you need to know while we wait for an election date.

Tom McIlroy and Ingrid Fuary-Wagner

Mar 24, 2022 – 2.30pm

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The federal election is very likely to be called within the next fortnight, and it will be very different to any other.

It will occur during a lingering global pandemic, amid soaring cost of living pressures for households, and just weeks before the first interest rate rise for Australian households since 2011, which is expected on June 7.

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Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau ChiefTom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.