DEBATES AND DEBATING – AUSTRALIA

The Final Showdown: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s last debate before the Federal Election

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 30-Apr-25

On Sunday night Channel Seven hosted the final Leaders’ Debate between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. Roy Morgan provided the studio audience of ‘undecided voters’ to assess both leaders on key questions. The results were conclusively in favour of Albanese, who won on five out of 7 questions – and overall. Importantly, his biggest win was on the Cost of Living – 65% of the undecided voters agreed with Albanese, compared to only 16% for Dutton. The Opposition Leader performed well on two issues, winning on the issue of Defence (Dutton on 43%, just ahead of Albanese on 37%) and a clear win on Indigenous Affairs (Dutton on 46% compared to Albanese on 27%). Overall though, the verdict was clear; Albanese easily won the debate, attracting 50% support of the undecided voters compared to only 25% who said Dutton won the debate; a further 25% of the audience was still undecided. The strong result for Albanese in this debate augurs well for the Government as we head towards election day on Saturday.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

‘Liar, liar’: Leaders’ bitter row over campaign truth

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Original article by Geoff Chambers, Sarah Ison
The Australian – Page: 6 : 23-Apr-25

The Nine Network hosted the third leaders’ debate between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on Tuesday. The latter expressed confidence that the Coalition can win the election on 3 May, despite trailing in public opinion polls. Dutton noted that polling is not always accurate, and conceded that the last federal government to serve just one term was in 1931; however, he added that there has not been a worse federal government since then. Meanwhile, the two leaders questioned each other’s integrity; Dutton accused Albanese of not being able to "lie straight in bed" during an exchange on the issue of Medicare bulk-billing, while Albanese accused Dutton of not being truthful about the Coalitions plans to cut government spending to pay for its proposed nuclear power stations.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Two cabinet ministers attended event at which woman alleged Christian Porter raped her

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Original article by Paul Karp, Christopher Knaus, Katharine Murphy, Naaman Zhou
The Guardian – Page: Online : 6-Mar-21

Attorney-General Christian Porter has strenuously denied allegations he sexually assaulted a woman during a 1988 debating competition at the University of Sydney. It has been revealed that current federal Health Minister Greg Hunt attended the event as a member of the University of Melbourne debating team, while Communications Minister Paul Fletcher is understood to have been one of the event’s adjudicators. A spokesperson for Hunt said he had never met the woman in question to the best of his knowledge, while a spokesperson for Fletcher declined to comment.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT

Final leaders’ debate: Shorten slams climate inaction as Morrison focuses on tax

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Original article by Sarah Martin
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 9-May-19

Climate change and tax policy are among the issues that dominated the third and final leaders’ debate on 8 May. Prime Minister Scott Morrison challenged Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to disclose the cost of Labor’s climate change policy, and stressed the need for a "responsible approach" to addressing the issue of climate change. Shorten in turn said the Coalition’s leadership instability over the last six years was due in part to its policy on climate change. Meanwhile, Morrison criticised Labor’s proposed tax reforms, arguing that higher taxes will result in slower economic growth.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Priceless: Bill’s climate costs

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Original article by Simon Benson, Joe Kelly, Ben Packham, Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 30-Apr-19

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says it is not possible to put a single price on the cost of Labor’s carbon emission reduction targets. Shorten was speaking during the first leaders’ debate on 29 April. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Coalition deserves to be returned to office on the basis of its economic performance, while he noted its commitment to create 100,000 jobs for young Australians. The debate was held in front of 48 undecided voters in the Seven West Media studio in Perth; 25 stated that they thought Shorten won the debate, 12 said Morrison had won and 11 were undecided

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM