Australia

Tasmania's Premier has been labelled a "fraidy cat" by the leader of the Greens after he refused to face her in a pre-election political debate.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has chosen to campaign in Bundaberg while her opponents battle it out in a leaders debate in Townsville. Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls, Queensland’s One Nation leader Steve Dickson and Robbie Katter, from the Katter’s Australian Party, will face off at the

Familiar issues dogged the leaders of Queensland's major political parties as they participated in the Sky News Courier Mail People's Forum in Brisbane, but the premier convinced significantly more voters with her performance.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has snubbed an invitation to a leaders’ debate in Townsville and will be the only state leader not attending

The trio will be asked questions from an audience of 100 undecided voters, sourced independently by Galaxy Research.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls will not face off in one of the traditional debates of the election campaign after failing to agree to a date.

The South Australian Premier and Opposition Leader have traded barbs and insults in a robust debate a year out from the next state election.

This week hear from your Federal candidates Natasha Griggs (Country Liberals) and Luke Gosling (Australian Labor Party) in a debate. The candidates will be put through their paces by Alyssa Betts (ABC News Darwin) and Christopher Walsh (NT News).

Facebook and News.com.au pulled close to one million views with its live stream of Australia’s first digital debate last Friday. It was the first time the government has addressed the electorate through live, online video.

More than 2.2 million people have watched the news.com.au and Facebook Leaders’ Debate in their Facebook newsfeed on Friday, according to the latest figures, but that number is expected to climb as people catch up over the weekend. The live debate was shared 1800 times and generated more than 38,500

For the first time ever, Australia will host an online leaders debate as a national election campaign for the upcoming Australia elections on July 2, 2016.

Malcolm Turnbull has not committed to attending a leaders’ debate in Brisbane, saying he’s considering the invitation.