Australian opposition targets inflation in campaign launch

Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese (Liam Kidston/Pool/AP)

Australia’s opposition party officially launched its election campaign on Sunday with an emphasis on cutting the cost of living for voters as inflation surges to its highest rate in 21 years.

The centre-left Labour Party launched its campaign in the west coast city of Perth for the first time since the Second World War, in a demonstration of how important Western Australia state is to the party’s ambition to win control of government in the national elections on May 21.