Prime Minister Gillard visited the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election.

After all the speculation, we finally have an election date. Australian’s will be going to the polls on Saturday 21 August for House of Representatives and Half Senate election.

To keep up with all matters election visit the WEL Australian website's  “Election Hotspot” pages. We’ll let you know what’s happening with the leaders and your local candidates. We’ll give you interesting snippets, award our “Misogynist Quote of the Week”, and of course score the policies and platforms of the major parties against our Feminist Policy Framework.