Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has made an election year pitch to voters, as senior Government members leave open the prospect of an early poll.
The ABC has been told Malcolm Turnbull is seriously considering calling a double dissolution election and going to the polls on Saturday July 2.
The trigger would be the Senate's expected rejection of a bill to reinstate the construction watchdog, the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
"[A double dissolution] is obviously available in circumstances where bills have been rejected within the appropriate time period," Mr Turnbull said today.
Mr Shorten said his party was ready to fight an early election, saying its campaign would revolve around five issues.
"A fair taxation system, standing up for Australian jobs, [and] a properly funded Medicare system — where it's your Medicare card, not your credit card, that determines the level of your health care," he said.
"We'll fight it around schools, TAFE and universities, where working class and middle-class kids, every child, gets every opportunity in every school and we'll fight it on making sure we've got fair dinkum policies on renewable energy.
"[The Government] needs to stop threatening the Australian people with the threat of early elections, just to cover up their lack of action on the economy of Australia."
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