The federal election hasn't started yet — but the parties are in full campaign mode

While the Prime Minister’s Office insists that the recent series of government announcements is merely business as usual, the major parties appear to be in full pre-election mode as their leaders fan out across the country to meet voters. 

Experts say they’re not surprised, that minority governments tend to last about two years and prefer to call elections when they see the conditions are ripe to win a majority. If recent polls are to be believed, that’s the position the Liberals find themselves in now.

“No government has been in the unique situation that the current one has, where a country has just gone through a … pandemic and