Anthony Albanese pulls April 12 election off the table as Cyclone Alfred looms

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Anthony Albanese pulls April 12 election off the table as Cyclone Alfred looms

Anthony Albanese has ruled out an April 12 election that was widely expected to be called this weekend, with the Government focused on dealing with Cyclone Alfred’s imminent landfall and the effect on Brisbane, the Gold Coast and northern NSW.

The change in election plans means Treasurer Jim Chalmers is now all but certain to hand down a budget on March 25 as scheduled.

Three senior government sources told The West the Prime Minister would not call the election this weekend.

The timing of Easter and Anzac Day in late April means the poll will most likely be held on May 3, 10 or 17.

Mr Albanese has spent the past few days in Canberra monitoring the National Emergency Management Agency’s preparations for the cyclone that is now expected to hit the coast very early on Saturday morning.

“There are no state borders here. There are no political parties. We’re working absolutely seamlessly across the three levels of government,” the Prime Minister said on Friday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, asked about political fundraisers, he said that it was normal for events to be held on budget nights whenever that was.

“My Government is razor-focused on dealing with this challenge (of the cyclone),” he said.

“I’ll tell you who’s not razor-focused on dealing with this challenge – that’s Paul Erickson, the National Secretary of the Labor Party, because it’s not his job. He has a different job. My job is to represent Australians and that is precisely what I’m doing and what the full force of the public service is doing as well.”

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