Can’t wait for the media blackout to begin
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National Press Club Address
Today (2 April)
12.30pm AEDT (ABC News Channel) and 12.30pm local time (ABC TV)
Angus Taylor, the Shadow Treasurer of Australia, addresses the National Press Club for the Post Budget Reply Address.
Wednesday 9 April
12.30pm AEST (ABC News Channel) and 12.30pm local time (ABC TV)
Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt addresses the National Press Club for the “Leader’s Election Address to the National Press Club”.
what, the day before? and that’s just on adverts anyway the reporting still goes on.
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Update:
QLD: Presented by Talissa
WA: Presented by Craig Smart in Perth.
The tick is embarrassingly stupid and bad
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Well putting a “1” would of looked just as stupid IMO…
We just don’t use ticks in the Australian voting system. It’s very weird.
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Gosh if only there were other icons or symbols they could use? You’d do great at nine design!
The ABC will hold an election debate between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton at 8pm AEST, Wednesday April 16**.**
The debate, to be moderated by David Speers at the public broadcaster’s new Parramatta studios, will be its first in an ABC studio since 1993.
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thanks i know 
Should be on a Sunday. A midweek timeslot for a debate
The debate will run for one hour
Also from tomorrow the ABC will air political parties ads each night just before the 7pm news (plus an extra one on Sunday at 6:30pm).
From the ABC
ABC to host first free-to-air federal election leaders’ debate
The ABC will host the first free-to-air leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election campaign with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton going head-to-head live in prime time.
The debate will be held at ABC Parramatta at 8.00pm AEST on Wednesday 16 April and moderated by National Political Lead and Insiders host David Speers.
The debate will be broadcast live on ABC TV, simulcast on ABC NEWS Channel, live-streamed on ABC iview and then available on demand. It will also be available across ABC Local Radio, Radio National, ABC NewsRadio and on the ABC listen app.
The ABC will decide the topics and questions and won’t be sharing these in advance. Each leader will make opening and closing statements and will have equal time to respond to questions.
“This will be a gimmick-free debate, focused on the major challenges facing Australia at a critical time, and where the two leaders stand,” said Speers.
“The aim is to give voters an opportunity to hear the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader discuss their competing visions for the country and genuinely debate each other.
“My commitment is to give both leaders fair treatment and an opportunity to make their case.”
Speers, one of Australia’s most experienced political journalists, first moderated a leaders’ debate in 2007, between John Howard and Kevin Rudd, and since then has guided many election debates and forums.
ABC Director, News Justin Stevens said the ABC debate would give every Australian the opportunity to hear from both leaders.
“The ABC’s election coverage is built on putting the public at the centre of our thinking and delivering the best coverage for them,” he said.
“The ABC serves metro, rural and remote areas with Australia’s largest audience footprint for radio and terrestrial coverage and the leading digital news service.
“It’s terrific that the leaders will be appearing on the national public broadcaster and talking directly to as many Australians as possible.”
Abbie Chatfield posts to be probed by Australian Electoral Commission
SBS announces initiatives to provide all Australians with trusted news and information about the 2025 Federal Election
From the corridors of Canberra to communities on Country, SBS is employing its extensive network of resources to deliver distinctive coverage amplifying the voices of all Australians during the five weeks leading to polling day on 3 May.
As a contemporary national broadcaster, the SBS Network is uniquely positioned to engage all Australians with the Federal Election, using its unparalleled ability to connect with audiences around the country, including First Nations peoples and multicultural communities in their preferred languages.
Election Exchanges will be held in Broadmeadows, Melbourne (23 April) and Parramatta, Sydney (24 April) to connect MPs, candidates and communities through SBS’s multilingual services, providing coverage in Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi, Mandarin, Nepali, Vietnamese, and other languages.
Reflecting a cross-network collaboration, the SBS Election 2025 portal and SBS On Demand Election 2025 hub offer single gateways for multiplatform and multilingual election content, ranging from live news blogs, opinion and analysis to livestream debates, documentaries and special episodes of flagship current affairs programs The Point, Living Black and Insight.
SBS Election Exchange: Sylva Mezher, SBS Arabic Executive Producer (R), interviews members of the community in Bankstown, Sydney.
The SBS News, SBS Audio and NITV teams will be exploring the issues that matter most, providing trusted news and information in more than 60 languages across linear and digital platforms, including short-form videos and podcasts, reaching young and established voters wherever they are,
SBS Managing Director James Taylor said: “SBS’s comprehensive network means we are ideally positioned to provide all Australians with impartial and accurate coverage of the issues, policies and parties this Federal Election.
“For 50 years, we have built enduring relationships with experts and community leaders right across the political spectrum, and with a broad range of views. This approach is of immense benefit to our audiences, with whom we share unrivalled connection.
“Our multiplatform, multilingual election coverage will play an important role in countering misinformation, and ensuring the issues impacting all communities are authentically represented.”
Australia’s most trusted news provider* SBS News is delivering extensive campaign coverage across broadcast and digital platforms, from breaking news to live blogs, podcasts, analysis and explainers, an Election 2025 section in the SBS News app, and live updates and results on election day.
SBS News podcasts Party Time and Cost of Living Secrets, and ground-breaking current affairs program Insight, will explore election-related issues.
SBS News’ podcast offering includes the new series Party Time, hosted by SBS journalists Rania Yallop and Elfy Scott and designed to inform young audiences about federal politics.Cost of Living Secrets, hosted by SBS News Presenter and Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves and SBS journalist Peggy Giakoumelos, has returned for a second season, exploring the issues critical to all Australians.
Australia’s leading forum for debate and unique first-person perspectives,Insight, hosted by Kumi Taguchi, features two election-related episodes. ‘Losing Trust’ explores whether Australians’ waning trust in institutions can be restored (Tuesday 29 April at 8:30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand), while ‘Tough Time$’ looks at how the rising cost of living is affecting how we vote on election day (available now on SBS On Demand here).
Through multilingual podcasts and social videos, SBS Examines is countering mis- and disinformation surfacing during the campaign, including in relation to migration and inflation. For new Australians, Australia Explained is demystifying the voting process, while Learn English is teaching newcomers common election phrases and terms.
SBS Examines is countering mis- and disinformation issues surfacing during the Federal Election campaign. Watch here
NITV News is focusing on the big issues facing regional and urban communities around the continent, interviewing First Nations candidates, policy makers and community leaders; highlighting reaction to campaign developments impacting First Nations peoples, and providing explainers and analysis to keep audiences informed.
NITV’s agenda-setting current affairs programs, The Point, hosted by National Indigenous Affairs Editor John Paul Janke, and Living Black, hosted by Walkley Award winning journalist Karla Grant, will feature special election-focused episodes. The Point’s election specials (22 April and 29 April) will continue to connect with communities on Country, and will lead discussions with major party representatives, community leaders and advocacy groups on the topics that will shape the future of Indigenous affairs. Living Black returns on 21 April with feature interviews with key First Nations figures.
NITV Radio is exploring First Nations perspectives daily via NITV News and a weekly First Nations Election Wrap (Mondays at 1pm) hosted by NITV Radio Indigenous Lead Kerri-Lee Barry and former ABC Radio host Jon Faine.
When the ABC announced it had secured “the first free-to-air leaders’ debate” on 16 April with Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, Sky News was triggered. The channel demanded the ABC amend its media release, claiming it was Sky that had the first free-to-air leaders’ debate.
“The ABC’s public relations team has falsely claimed the national broadcaster has secured the ‘first free-to-air’ debate of the 2025 Federal Election, when in fact Sky News Australia will beat them by a week,” a Sky News story on Thursday read.
Now as far as we know, Sky News is not available free on broadcast television, except for a deal with regional broadcasters to screen in several markets across Victoria, southern NSW, Queensland and northern NSW.
Sky News Australia has notified the ABC of the mistake and requested the press release be amended,” it thundered.
The ABC did not comply.
7NEWS Election Needle: Albanese ahead after campaign week one
The Seven Network’s 7NEWS tonight released its latest prediction from its Election Needle after the first week of the campaign, revealing a slight lean towards Anthony Albanese.
If an election were to be held today, the most probable outcome according to the 7NEWS Election Needle would be Anthony Albanese remaining Prime Minister, even in a minority government.
7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley said: “Labor has had the better start to this campaign. Anthony Albanese is on message and looking like he’s on his game, making announcements each day to set the agenda. Peter Dutton has been slower to start, sticking to counterpunching.”
The Needle sways based on expert analysis and data from a team of more than one dozen journalists, statisticians, political scientists, and researchers, led by veteran 7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley, with leading political scientists Dr Simon Jackman and Dr Luke Mansillo.
The 7NEWS Election Needle indicates who is in the best position at any given moment to form government, cutting through information overload to give Australians an immediate pulse check on the upcoming Federal Election. It’s informed by weekly data of every poll across the country, collated by respected research company Painted Dog Research.
With reporters stationed in every corner of the country**,** Australia’s #1 news service has assembled the biggest election team in Australia to deliver the Australia’s most comprehensive election coverage.
On election night, the Needle will move in real-time to call victory between Labor Party and the Coalition first.
Federal Election 2025: 7NEWS Election Needle
7NEWS, nightly at 6.00pm
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