Australian Election Could Be Delayed Till April, 2005

Is this actually legal:

"Australian Prime Minister John Howard hinted he won't call a general election until at least November and said it could be held as late as April, 2005.

Howard, whose Liberal-National government first won office in 1996, had previously said an election will be held this year, although he hasn't set a date. Howard, 65, pointed out the third anniversary of the 2001 election was Nov. 10.

The election "could be as late as March or April of next year,'' Howard told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in Sydney. "That would be very unusual, you should remember the third anniversary is the 10th of November. We are still three months short of our third anniversary,'' he said.

Story from Bloomberg.