Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have met in a Facebook leader’s debate for the federal election.
In a rushed 52 minutes, the two leaders took about a dozen questions and exchanged barbs on issues ranging from the economy to Medicare, same-sex marriage, the NBN and education.
Picture credit: Andrew Meares (Fairfax) – image posted on Twitter by @mearesy
The debate was moderated by Joe Hildebrand, on behalf of news.com.au. Around 12,000 people watched the live stream of the debate. It was also shown on Sky News.