Australia's conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called a surprise early election on July 2.
He used a rare political tool to dissolve parliament after the upper house, the Senate, repeatedly blocked legislation.
Earlier today, I visited the Governor General and asked him to dissolve Parliament for an election #auspol #ausvotes pic.twitter.com/OhP4EGj5iw— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) 8 May 2016
It kicks off a two-month campaign - one of the longest in the cou…
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