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Labor just emailed out a big hint about the election date

Labor Party material spruiking $5000-a-head events on the night of the slated March 25 budget has been sent out. That would shift the election window to May.

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Whatever accounts for “smart money” had coalesced around the idea that Anthony Albanese was circling a date in April for the federal election. Potentially, April 12, and that’s coincidentally the Saturday of Passover this year.

Could Labor be so thick-skulled to hold an election on a Jewish holiday, considering all that’s going on?

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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