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The ABC invites leaders of the main political parties to take part in a debate every Federal election and 2022 is no exception.

The first leaders’ debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese reached more than 400,000 viewers across the country and delivered Sky News its best ratings result in three years.

Results of last night’s encounter between prime minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese from the room with 100 undecided voters armed with questions for the suited-up political pugilists are in, and they’re interesting.

French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at his nationalist opponent Marine Le Pen's links to Russia during last night's election debate.

During two hours and 45 minutes of sometimes tense, sometimes soporific verbal combat, no knockout blows were delivered and no obvious winner emerged.

French President Emmanuel Macron cleared a major hurdle on the path to re-election with a combative TV debate performance against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen that convinced most viewers, a poll said, even if he was still deemed arrogant.

The two candidates for the French presidency have gone head to head in their only televised debate, ahead of Sunday's second-round run-off vote.

The final debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, run the risk of cancellation after the poll body’s contractor failed to fully pay Sofitel Garden Plaza, the official venue for the highly anticipated debate series.

Central Oregon Daily News is proud to partner with The Bulletin to present the first televised debate among Republican candidates for Oregon governor in 2022.

At a GOP gubernatorial forum Wednesday at the Republican Women of Las Vegas luncheon, candidates discussed how they’d fix education, their plans to improve the economy and run the state.

Australia’s prime minister and his opposition rival clashed heatedly over the country’s tumultuous relationship with China on Wednesday in the first leaders’ debate ahead of elections on May 21.

The first leaders’ debate of the 2022 federal election campaign included no shortage of claims deserving scrutiny. Here’s what we found.