Australian PM calls general election for 3 May, as Labor ties with right-wing opposition in polls

AUSTRALIA WILL HOLD a general election on 3 May, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said, locking in a showdown over climate promises, nuclear power and a runaway housing market. Albanese's centre-left Labor party took office in May 2022, turfing out a conservative government deeply unpopular after almost a decade in charge. But initial enthusiasm for Albanese, 62, has evaporated in recent months as he struggles to sell his economic vision to the country. Polls show him neck-and-neck with right-leaning Peter Dutton, 54, a hard-nosed former detective who wants to cut back on immigration and reverse a ban on nuclear power….