Stupid.
9 has the momentum because most on free to air haven’t watched a debate yet. But Sunday’s will be more than enough for them and 7’s is too soon after.
7’s is within the last 10 days of the campaign and not a weekend… you could argue people might be starting to pay more attention. Hopefully it will air earlier than 8.45 as well.
I think it should air at 7.00pm.
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It’s three days after 9. Most punters will have seen and heard enough on Sunday. I can’t imagine much will change.
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You can flick the next debate too. Most punters have seen and heard enough now.
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There will be debates held at NPC, just not between Morrison and Albanese.
This Wednesday (May 4) it will hold a debate between Josh Frydenburg and Jim Chalmers. It will be shown on ABC TV at 12.30pm local time, and live nationally on ABC News channel from 12.30pm AEST.
On Thursday (May 5) it is the debate between Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Labor’s Shadow Minister for Defence Brendan O’Connor at the same timeslot.
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Deb Knight was by far the standout performer on that 2019 election night panel. I don’t know what Loxley’s credentials are with regard to reporting politics, but if she’s as awkward and stilted as Overton was in 2019 Nine has made a huge mistake leaving Deb on the bench. Loxley could well surprise. I just haven’t seen enough of her to be confident she can handle rolling coverage for hours. Whether it be Pete and Deb or Deb and Alicia or all three, Deb deserves to be there. She filled those moments of dead air in the coverage effortlessly last time.
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When she hosted the Victorian election coverage she was brilliant whilst her partner in Tony Jones was pretty average by comparison, so it could be a similar dynamic with her and Pete.
Agree that Deb deserves to be there. She’s a strong presenter and knows her stuff in the area. Ever since she was shunted to 2GB and ACA we’ve never really seen her do much special coverage like before.
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The Great Debate: The Final Showdown
Next Wednesday after Big Brother on Seven and 7plus
On Wednesday 11 May, the gloves are off as the Seven Network hosts the third and final leaders’ debate showdown between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese live on Channel 7, 7plus and The West Australian.
7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley will moderate the debate as both leaders face off for the last time before Australians head to the polls for the Federal Election on Saturday 21 May, featuring questions from The West Australian ’s Federal Political Editor Lanai Scarr and 7NEWS political correspondent Jennifer Bechwati fresh from the campaign trail.
Immediately following the debate, Michael Usher will anchor a special edition of The Latest including the winner tallies and a comprehensive breakdown of the key issues.
Seven Network Director of News and Public Affairs, Craig McPherson, said: “This will be a showdown unlike any other debate, perhaps the most crucial hour of this campaign for both leaders, and there’s no better moderator than Seven’s Mark Riley.
“Mark has been with the leaders on the road since the campaign started. He is across all the key issues voters want answers to and with his encyclopaedic knowledge, it is sure to be a true test just 10 days out from when Australia votes for who will be our next leader.”
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Same as Overton’s. Neither have been political reporters.
I’ll bring this over into the election coverage topic because it looks to apply to Seven’s debate as well.
Current schedules provided suggest that there will be delayed coverage outside the eastern states on FTA. Viewers can watch live on 7Plus and 9Now.
It suggests that the reasons the commercial networks are showing the debates go beyond wanting to inform the public. There is also brand recognition and reputation etc to consider. It will be interesting to see if a clean feed is offered to the other networks of either or both debates.
Also wondering if Nine’s debate will be recorded earlier in the night - Seven’s media release says “live”. Will there be commercial breaks?
Pity that the ABC missed out on a debate.
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Its more to have the two biggest markets represented… plus Nine is pushing Loxley’s profile more as she is taking over Hitch in the near future.
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I know but it really is a stupid strategy to push the profile of a couple of state based newsreaders when the coverage demands more than a passable working knowledge of the process and the politicians/candidates involved.
It used to be the case that the networks would always use presenters and political journalists with a national profile, or at least presenters/journos who regularly interviewed politicians, to anchor election night coverage. Never newsreaders. I think Karl Stefanovic is a bit of a buffoon but at least he regularly interviews politicians. Why not Grimshaw with Uhlmann, Chris O’Keefe or Croucher?
There’s a reason the ABC election night coverage always shits all over the commercial television coverage these days.
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Understand but these two state based presenters are pulling in almost 300k per night in their respected markets. They are the money makers for the network and often the main face for the network in both Sydney and Melbourne.
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One night of promotion for the big two markets shouldn’t trump adding value to your entire news brand by providing viewers with the best possible coverage by utlising the people on your team most suited to providing political analysis and commentary.
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That would work in the old days but, you know, welcome to the 2020s. Just be grateful they haven’t got Scott Cam or ex-MAFS contestants to anchor the coverage.
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At this point it wouldn’t surprise me if they regularly crossed to Hamish Blake on the night conducting a Parliament House replica Lego building competition to “add value” to their coverage.
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Pete and Alicia both aren’t completely unknown to other states either.
Pete hosts the Sunday late news and Alicia the weekend 5pm news.
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Don’t give them any ideas!
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SBS to expand live interpreting of upcoming 2022 Federal Election debates in languages other than English
SBS is continuing to make the 2022 Federal Election more accessible for multicultural communities, today announcing live interpretations of the upcoming Leaders Debates, hosted by Nine and the Seven Network, as well as two additional Ministerial Debates to be held at the National Press Club of Australia.
For the upcoming debates between Prime Minister The Hon. Scott Morrison MP and Opposition Leader, The Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, SBS will be providing live interpretations in Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.
The next debate will be taking place at 8.30pm AEST this Sunday 8 May and be broadcast live in English on Channel 9 and 9Now and streamed live across the websites of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, with streams in Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese available live and exclusively on SBS On Demand and Facebook.
SBS will also provide interpretations across these four languages for the final Leaders’ Debate hosted by Seven on Wednesday 11 May and broadcast on Channel 7 and 7plus.
SBS Managing Director, James Taylor says: “SBS is extremely pleased that it will again be providing live interpretations of the upcoming election debates. We are expanding the offer to now cover 4 key language communities and are so proud to be fulfilling our Charter in this way. SBS is uniquely placed to ensure that audiences whose preferred language might not be English can engage fully with our democratic process.
“I would also like to thank Nine, Seven, the ABC and the National Press Club for their willingness to make these feeds available so that SBS can serve these communities.”
In addition to the Leaders Debates, SBS will also be offering translated live streams of two Ministerial debates to be held at the National Press Club of Australia this coming week.
The first debate, dubbed the “2022 Treasury Debate” is between The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP and Dr Jim Chalmers MP, The Treasurer and Shadow Treasurer of Australia. Taking place 12.30pm AEST on Wednesday 4 May, the hour-long debate will be live streamed in Arabic and Mandarin on SBS On Demand.
This will be followed with the “2022 Defence Debate” the next day, Thursday 5 May. Taking place at 12.30pm AEST, the debate between The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, the Minister for Defence, and The Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP, the Shadow Minister for Defence will also be live streamed in Arabic and Mandarin on SBS On Demand.
Both debates will be broadcast live in English on the ABC.
Today’s announcement comes after last month, when, in a first for an Australian television network, SBS provided live Arabic and Mandarin translations of the 2022 Sky News / The Courier-Mail People’s Forum, a debate between Mr Morrison and Mr Albanese.
SBS Director of Audio and Language Content, David Hua, says “As election day nears, communities are keen to hear from a range of candidates and have access to as much information as possible. Through offerings such as live interpreting the debates, the SBS Election Exchange events, and our impartial and balanced election coverage, our goal is to enable and empower communities to engage with the election and to make an informed decision when voting.”
The SBS Election Exchange is also well underway, with SBS’s language services heading into the community and hosting a series of events to speak with local candidates and members of the public in the lead up to the 2022 Federal Election.
Following successful events in in Bankstown, Hobart, Launceston, Dandenong and Broadmeadows, the final three events will take place this week in Wagga Wagga, Eastwood and Ballarat.
SBS’s Federal Election initiatives build on the network’s ongoing commitment to multilingual audiences, including the recent launch of its locally produced TV news services in Arabic and Mandarin, multilingual login, and navigation on SBS On Demand, and the upcoming launch of the SBS World Watch TV channel on 23 May.
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Don’t give them ideas. They’ve had all sorts of oddball animations and graphics to show which politicians list their seats.
They might do a Celebrity Apprentice “you’re fired!” tie-in or whatever Love Island does for evictees. Is it a “you’re dropped!” eviction?
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