Secondary coverage, primary interest for first election debate on Seven

, was shown at the prime time of 7pm on multichannel 7Two in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, and on Seven's main channel in Perth, pulling in 317,000 and 98,000 viewers respectively.

Low as the debate's ratings may seem compared to those of free-to-air programs, it was a decidedly strong number for a multichannel broadcast. The aforementioned 2016 debate, between Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull, was heavily impacted by its placement on a pay TV network on a Friday evening, up against Eurovision, and only drew in 54,200 viewers.The 2013 iteration between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott aired on no less than seven channels on a Sunday night in August, and drew a sizeable 708,000 viewers to its free-to-air showing on the ABC.

Which is not exactly saying much.

Not Shorten...cannot trust him...that is for sure

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