Pandemic the Priority, Not Election: PM Scott Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Macquarie Park, Sydney, Australia. on June 29, 2020. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declined to rule out an election this year, but says his “one priority” for 2021 is getting the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is speculation Morrison could call a poll in the second half of the year.