There were many big moments in the debate between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday night, but one key point highlighted the strategies likely to shape the final two weeks of the election campaign.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected accusations that he and Anthony Albanese were disrespectful towards the moderator of their second election debate last night.
Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison will go head to head in a second leaders’ debate less than a fortnight out from the federal election, the Nine network has announced.
Albanese needs to agree to further debates as soon as possible to make his case for change, to put his policies and ideas under the spotlight of public scrutiny.
Scott Morrison has contrasted his “busy” schedule while isolating with Covid earlier this year with Anthony Albanese’s “quiet” week at home during the campaign, while pushing for two commercial TV election debates next week.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to a second election debate with Anthony Albanese in a move that challenges the Labor leader to commit to the free-to-air forum to be broadcast in prime time on Sunday, May 8.
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.
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.