Prime Minister Scott Morrison has fired the starting pistol for the federal election and the finish line is May 18. There’s a lot of ground to cover between now and then, and out Up Next team started started by chatting with University of Wollongong political analyst Dr Anthony Ashbolt. Also in the show, Latin American politics, pizza pinwheels, plants, art showcases, UOW electric power research that’s set to shake-up coal mining, and The Earworm.