Sky, ABC, Nine or Seven: Who won the debate ratings battle?
Australians were treated to four televised election debates within less than three weeks, ahead of the vote this weekend. The winner of this four-way network tussle proved the commercial imperative for political programming is alive and well.
The first debate took place on Tuesday April 8 in Western Sydney, and aired on Sky News on Foxtel, as well as across Sky News Regional.
The latter is a free-to-air channel, broadcast in 17 of SCA’s regional markets in Victoria, NSW, and QLD, as well as through WIN’s Channel 53 on Northern NSW.