SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Governor- General Sir Peter Cosgrove on Sunday to ask that both houses of parliament be dissolved and a general election called for July 2, media reported.
Turnbull, running neck-and-neck in opinion polls with centre-left Labor, confirmed on Wednesday he would seek a July 2 election as he looks to cash in on a budget plan aimed at creating jobs and spurring growth. Australia's political system, the governor-general is the representative of the head of state, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.