Parliamentary election timeline The Government’s parliamentary sitting calendar for 2019: 12 – 14 February is the first sitting week of the new year and the only sitting week of the Senate prior to the Federal Budget 2 – 4 April is the Federal Budget sitting week (brought forward from May), with the Budget to be delivered on Tuesday 2 April Either 11 or 18 May are considered the most likely dates for the election, with 18 May the latest possible date to hold a standard general election with all Lower House seats and half of the seats in the Senate...