Australian prime minister bares self in campaign launch

AP  |  Canberra 

Australia's has officially launched his conservative coalition's campaign less than a week before an election in an extraordinarily personal presentation.

is his government's third in the administration's six years in office and still remains relatively unknown to many Australians. He is asking them for a third three-year term when they vote on Saturday next week.

The coalition's launch in the city of on Sunday included recorded interviews with Morrison family members that covered his wife Jenny's diagnosis with and their 14-year failed battle to conceive through IVF before having their two daughters naturally.

Morrison also outlined government policies including support for first-home buyers.

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First Published: Sun, May 12 2019. 10:55 IST