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The one-hour event, which will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Union College, will air on Spectrum News 1 channels in New York state. The debate will be moderated by "Inside City Hall" host Errol Louis and "Capital Tonight" political anchor Susan Arbetter.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks to questions by the Rotary Club of York
Dr. Oz responds to questions by the Rotary Club of York at the Country Club of York as he campaigns against John Fetterman for Pa.'s U.S. Senate seat.
Senate candidates John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz will face off Tuesday evening in the only scheduled debate of the high-interest contest.
The hour-long event hosted by Nexstar Media in Harrisburg will be broadcast live by stations across Pennsylvania, just two weeks ahead of the election that could determine the partisan tilt of the U.S. Senate.
The debate scheduling became its own source of conflict in the race, as Oz, the GOP nominee, challenged his Democratic rival to face off more than once or at least to extend the Nexstar event by another 30 minutes.
The event will give a statewide audience a chance to hear candidates on the issues, as well as see how Fetterman is recovering from a May stroke that nearly killed him.
What time is the debate and where can we watch it?
The debate will begin at 8 p.m. and will be carried on the following stations and their websites:
- WHTM-TV, an ABC station serving Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon and York.
- WJET-TV, an ABC station serving Erie.
- WFXP-TV, a FOX station serving Erie.
- WYTV-DT, a MNT station serving Youngstown, Ohio.
- WBRE-TV, a NBC station serving Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton.
- WYOU-TV, a CBS station serving Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton.
- WTAJ-TV, a CBS station serving Johnstown, Altoona and State College.
- WPHL-TV, a MyNetworkTV station serving Philadelphia.
- WPXI-TV, a NBC station serving Pittsburgh.
Will the debate be televised via livestream?
The debate will also be available for streaming on the following websites:
Dcnewsnow.com, the website for WDVM-TV in Washington, D.C.
The second leader’s debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will be broadcast on Channel Nine and 9Now after Lego Masters on Sunday, May 8, from 8:45pm.
The hour-long debate will also stream across the websites of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
To be moderated by Sarah Abo, the leader’s debate will feature a panel of the country’s preeminent journalists asking questions of the two leaders ahead of the election on May 21.
Spearheading the panel will be Nine’s political editor Chris Uhlmann. He will be accompanied by David Crowe, chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, and Deb Knight, host of the afternoon program on Radio 2GB.
Darren Wick, director of news and current affairs for Nine, said: “In less than three weeks, 17 million Australians will head to the polls to determine who will govern the nation for the next three years. With inflation at its highest rate in more than 20 years, house prices spiralling to unattainable levels and interest rates set for successive hikes, this will be one of the most important elections in recent times. Coupled with climate change, global insecurity, stagnant wage growth and aged care, both leaders have their work cut out for them to sell their respective policies. We can’t wait to see how this debate will unfold.”
This week, Pathmatics released their findings on where, how much, and what messaging our nation’s biggest political parties are spending their digital advertising dollars on.
They found that the Liberal party initially focused its messaging on promises to improve the environment and help recover the economy. However, as of last week, it shifted gears to focus more on critiquing Labor’s track record around economic management, increasing their digital ad spend in the last week by 5X.
The Labor party has taken a different tactic, with spend remaining steady throughout the period but with nearly 400 different creatives deployed, frequently changing its messaging to respond to the news cycle. This includes highlighting the parties plans to create more jobs, to calling out the Liberal party on false promises.
See More: Pathmatics reveals digital ad spend of major parties ahead of the federal election
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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will face off only 10 days out from election day in the third and final leaders’ debate, hosted by the Seven Network.
7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley will moderate the debate, to be held on Wednesday at 9.10pm AEST, featuring questions from The West Australian’s Federal Political Editor Lanai Scarr, fresh from the campaign trail.
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Immediately after the debate, Michael Usher will anchor a special edition of The Latest including the winner tallies and a comprehensive breakdown of the key issues.
The debate will take place on Wednesday night and air after Big Brother Australia.
You can watch the debate live on Channel 7, 7plus and rolling online coverage at 7NEWS.com.au.
This page will be updated with the live stream on Wednesday night.
Missed the first two debates? Catch up here:
Seven Network Director of News and Public Affairs Craig McPherson says it 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,” McPherson said.
“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.”
7NEWS, Australia’s number one news service, is committed to bringing Australians the most comprehensive and dynamic election coverage, featuring informed commentary and analysis from an unrivalled team of political experts.
7NEWS dominates broadcast news in every state and throughout the crucial regions of Australia where others choose to ignore, reaching 3.5 million Australians every week at 6pm. That dominance is mirrored in the mornings, driven by Sunrise across the country.
As the most watched free-to-air broadcaster across all screens, Seven reaches more than 91 per cent of Australia’s population each month, including in the capital cities, regional Australia and digitally on 7plus.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese will face off in the first leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign tonight.
The debate, hosted by Sky News and the Courier Mail, will be the first of three before polling day on 21 May.
In an Australian-first, SBS will live stream the debate in both Arabic and Mandarin, which can be viewed on .
The two major party political leaders will meet in Brisbane at a voters' forum, with 100 undecided voters asking them pressing questions throughout the night.
The event will be hosted by Sky News and The Courier-Mail.
Sky News describes the event as "unscripted" and "unpredictable" as the general public will put the prime minister and the Labor leader to the test.
The event will be moderated by Sky News' political reporter Kieran Gilbert.
The debate will run on Wednesday 20 April, kicking off at 7pm and will finish up at 8.30pm.
You can follow all live developments on , which will kick off as the debate begins.
The debate is not on free-to-air in the major cities, so you can only watch the broadcast event live in English on Sky News.
SBS will be live-streaming the debate, translated into both Arabic and Mandarin to ensure two of the largest language groups will be able to watch along as both political leaders are grilled on their contested policies.
"By offering the leaders’ debate in Arabic and Mandarin, we hope to ultimately drive an understanding of the key issues, and enable informed participation in this election," SBS Director of Audio and Language Content David Hua said.
You can tune in with the live translations on .