Last night’s Sky News People’s Forum, which can be viewed in full here, was deemed by 44 out of a hand-picked audience of 100 undecided voters to have been won by Anthony Albanese, with 35 favouring Peter Dutton and 21 undecided. I suspect though that to the extent that the broader public notices the low-rating event at all, what’s most likely to filter through is that Peter Dutton performed creditably immediately after learning that his father had suffered a heart attack. The event was conducted at Wentworthville Leagues Club in the electorate of Parramatta, a culturally diverse electorate notable particularly for its Indian population, which seemed suitably well represented.
The next debate, to be held from 8pm next Wednesday, will assuredly reach a larger audience by virtue of being broadcast free-to-air by the ABC. It too will be held in Parramatta, that being the location of the ABC’s new studios, though that’s of no great consequence as it will not follow the town hall format of the “People’s Forum”. Whether any further debates are held later in the game remains to be determined.
They have a timer going – 1 minute per answer. Should have had it last night
Chalmers opens the batting with his stump speech
You can see why people say Chalmers is a better communicator than Albanese.
Of course sprocket_. Free subscription which only you seem to have “access” too. No worries.
Drivvel from Snake Chalmer’s now. Trying to explain away a $1.3 trillion debt.
Younger voters – you want this, you get this.
Angus opens with some porkies ‘Labor promised the world’
Chalmers 1 Taylor 0
Greenwood now showing clips from the USA
What is this shit?
Q. Why is Australia getting tariffs?
A. Rudd.
Greenwood these days (Sky days?) comes across as a bit of a rabbit.
Greenwood pushing for Chalmers to agree to ‘ass kissing’
Jimmy not buying, saying DOGE sycophants are in the Liberal Party
Greenwood is a terrible moderator. He wants to be the debator.
Angus a DOGE sycophant?
Not denying it…
Greenwood baiting Jim – 10% is better than most shouldn’t we keep quiet ? Jim too smart not falling for it.
Angus getting hammered as doge sycophants .
Angus rambling about sheep and camels? You can take the boy out of the country…..
Jim 2 Angus 0
Greenwood earning the grubby Murdoch shilling…
Jimmy has the numbers, and he’s rattling them off
Being interrupted by Greenwood
Chalmers just called Dutton and Taylor out for lying about his having predicted a recession.
“No offence to Kryten but Dutton’s picture reminds me of this:”
No C@t …….. Kryten obviously has much more personality.
Greenwood is doing a Speers!
Alternative headline: GUTSY DUTTON WINS SILVER MEDAL IN DEBATE
Not sure if Greenwood is adding much value by the constant interruptions
Just make Jim PM already
GDP per capital has collapsed says Angus – making a strong point. Let’s see if he can keep this up after his prepared statements.
Taylor dodges the cuts question. Just like Dutton dodges the cuts question.
Taylor has absolutely no plan. Like watching a high school debater – all rebuttal and zero substantive
Jim 3 – 0
Angus is not going to do any cuts. He is going to grow the pie.
Chalmers picks up Angus for not answering the question – spots he is parroting his memorised lines
Where are the cuts coming from?
You grow the economy faster.
Yeah,nah
Voodoo economics seems to be the basis of the Coalition’s plan. Angus is all over the place.
This is a train wreck performance by Taylor. Even the moderator is arguing with him!
Angus is losing his train of thought
Shorter Angus, we won’t cut anything.
Ross says there’s no growth in a downturn – Taylor completely off track
Is there going to be a poll on who won debate?
It has turned into a gabfest between Ross and Angus.
Angus rolls on and on and on.
Chalmers is just standing there.
C@tmomma says:
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 7:34 pm
Sacrilege!
Chalmers s says Angus is evasive.
How will he pay the $600b for nuclear reactors? Cut Medicare.
Taylor telling Chalmers to stick with the facts. Hilarious coming from Taylor!
Griff,
Soz 😉
Chalmers outlining the budget savings – Greenwood is transfixed on the next 10 years
Jim now debating Greenwood and vice versa
I’m out. The 3-way treasurer’s debate is just blah.
I’m off to 1923 to see whether Spencer and Alex FINALLY reconnect.
What are all these bills Dutton and Angus say they will,bring into the Parliament to fix everything they are challenged on?
Oh god, maybe the plan really is “If we cut health and safety costs in building the nuclear reactors, there won’t be any need to make cuts to medicare because of the resulting mortal attrition of the workforce”?
Angus reciting his CV
I’m switching off.
Taylor reduced to trotting out trite sayings like “better public service rather than bigger”.
Confessionssays:
I’m off to 1923 to see whether Spencer and Alex FINALLY reconnect.
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Sheesh. Expect confessions to come back a changed human.
Has Angus actually made any substantive economic points yet?
Oh god, Sky considers me regional enough to get this shit for free!!!
This is why I keep the youtube app as standard…
Now Vox popping on CoL
SkyFoxNews doing the Liberal Party Pom Pom’s.
One Vox popper ‘always voted Labor, not voting for them anymore’. This is the crap you get on 2GB late night callers
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For the moment, with the whole US bullying everybody thing being a rapidly moving feast of seething yuck, Albo is probably hoping that something of a more clear situation will begin to be apparent by mid May.
Yes I wanted a May election as I figured things in the USA would help Labor. Now I’m almost wishing it was this coming weekend after all – the ‘unknown unknowns’ of the next few weeks are starting to worry me!