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The Australian federal election debates of 2016 consisted of a series of leaders' debates between the leaders of the two main parties contesting the 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party; and Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition and Labor Party. Other debates, between portfolio ...
Australia Day is Australia's national day, marking the anniversary of Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet raising the British Union Jack at Sydney Cove in 1788. After the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the official recognition and dates of Australia Day and its corresponding holidays emerged gradually and changed many times.
The first leaders' debate was held in Perth, Western Australia on 29 April 2019. [1] The debate was run by Seven West Media, and broadcast on the Seven Network's secondary free-to-air channel, 7TWO. It was hosted by Basil Zempilas and moderated by Seven News political editor Mark Riley and Lanai Scarr from The West Australian newspaper. [2]
Australia–Asia Debate, sometimes referred to as Australasian Debating or Australs Style, is a form of academic debate.In the past few years, this style of debating has increased in usage dramatically throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as the broader Asian region, but in the case of Asian countries including Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, the format is also used alongside ...
The Australian flag debate is a question over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to remove the Union Jack from the canton, but also to possibly introduce a completely new design without the Southern Cross. [1] The debate has often arisen in connection with the issue of republicanism in Australia.
Seven's debate was viewed by 811,000 people, the highest viewership of all three debates. [107] The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) pushed for a debate on their free-to-air channel, radio, and websites in the lead-up to polling day, which Morrison refused, as well as Liberal Party federal director Andrew Hirst, who gave no explanation ...
The history wars is a term used in Australia to describe the public debate about the interpretation of the history of the European colonisation of Australia and the development of contemporary Australian society, particularly with regard to their impact on Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
During the debate, Joyce makes comments apparently linking a ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia with an increase in asylum seeker boats under the Gillard government. [124] 29 May – A leaders debate between Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten is held at the National Press Club in Canberra. 9 June – Candidate nominations close.