Harris v Trump re-energises Australia's live leaders debates
An average national audience of 973,000 watched the final leaders' debate across the Seven Network, with the audience of 60 undecided voters handing the prime minister a convincing victory.
Audiences have been significantly more engaged with the debates this election based on the viewing numbers across Seven, Nine, the ABC and Sky News Australia, which held one debate each. Nine is the owner of this masthead.
Nine's The Great Debate was the highest rating, with a national average audience of 1,097,000 and total reach of 2,128,000. Reach is a tally of the number of people who viewed the program for at least one minute on a metro or regional broadcast, or 15 seconds on a live-streaming platform.
The ABC's debate had an average audience of 1.01 million, and a reach of 1.77 million, while the national reach of Seven's debate on Sunday was 1.68 million.
Seven's debate audience was up 20 per cent compared with 2022, when Albanese faced off against incumbent Scott Morrison and Labor ultimately swept aside the Coalition after nine years in government. Nine lifted the audience of its debate by 15 per cent compared with 2022.
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Viewership figures were at their highest since 2013. Election debates have had waning audiences for some time, alongside long-term declines in live television viewership, as younger audiences in particular move towards social media and online consumption for news and entertainment.
The format was renergised by the second US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in September 2024, with 67 million Americans, or about 20 per cent of the US population, watching. About 7 per cent of Australians turned on Nine's debate and 1.5 per cent watched Sky's broadcast on Foxtel or on regional television.
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Growth can put spark into younger generations' future
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It marks Mr Albanese's first positive net approval rating in a Newspoll since September 2023. Coalition leader Sussan Ley's net approval rating is at minus nine, deteriorating from the minus seven result she received in the prior month. About 21 per cent of respondents to the Newspoll indicated it was still too early to judge her performance. On the question of who would be the better prime minister, 51 per cent said Mr Albanese, 31 per cent said Ms Ley and 18 per cent were uncommitted - with the latter option gaining two points since the last Newspoll and the leaders each dropping one point. The survey of 1283 voters was conducted online between August 11 and August 14. The percentage of voters happy with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance outnumbers those dissatisfied for the first time in two years, a survey suggests. The Newspoll, published in The Australian on Monday, indicates Mr Albanese's federal Labor party retains a solid two-party-preferred lead over the coalition at 56 per cent to 44 per cent. The previous Newspoll, taken in July, had Labor ahead by 57 per cent to 43 per cent. The latest survey said Labor's primary vote was unchanged at 36 per cent while the coalition's support rose one percentage point to 30 per cent. The Greens were steady on 12 per cent, One Nation was up one point to nine per cent and backing for the independents and minor parties category dipped two points to 13 per cent. Mr Albanese's previous net approval rating of zero improved in the new poll to plus three, with 49 per cent of voters satisfied with his performance and 46 per cent dissatisfied. It marks Mr Albanese's first positive net approval rating in a Newspoll since September 2023. Coalition leader Sussan Ley's net approval rating is at minus nine, deteriorating from the minus seven result she received in the prior month. About 21 per cent of respondents to the Newspoll indicated it was still too early to judge her performance. On the question of who would be the better prime minister, 51 per cent said Mr Albanese, 31 per cent said Ms Ley and 18 per cent were uncommitted - with the latter option gaining two points since the last Newspoll and the leaders each dropping one point. The survey of 1283 voters was conducted online between August 11 and August 14. The percentage of voters happy with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance outnumbers those dissatisfied for the first time in two years, a survey suggests. The Newspoll, published in The Australian on Monday, indicates Mr Albanese's federal Labor party retains a solid two-party-preferred lead over the coalition at 56 per cent to 44 per cent. The previous Newspoll, taken in July, had Labor ahead by 57 per cent to 43 per cent. The latest survey said Labor's primary vote was unchanged at 36 per cent while the coalition's support rose one percentage point to 30 per cent. The Greens were steady on 12 per cent, One Nation was up one point to nine per cent and backing for the independents and minor parties category dipped two points to 13 per cent. Mr Albanese's previous net approval rating of zero improved in the new poll to plus three, with 49 per cent of voters satisfied with his performance and 46 per cent dissatisfied. It marks Mr Albanese's first positive net approval rating in a Newspoll since September 2023. Coalition leader Sussan Ley's net approval rating is at minus nine, deteriorating from the minus seven result she received in the prior month. About 21 per cent of respondents to the Newspoll indicated it was still too early to judge her performance. On the question of who would be the better prime minister, 51 per cent said Mr Albanese, 31 per cent said Ms Ley and 18 per cent were uncommitted - with the latter option gaining two points since the last Newspoll and the leaders each dropping one point. The survey of 1283 voters was conducted online between August 11 and August 14. The percentage of voters happy with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's performance outnumbers those dissatisfied for the first time in two years, a survey suggests. The Newspoll, published in The Australian on Monday, indicates Mr Albanese's federal Labor party retains a solid two-party-preferred lead over the coalition at 56 per cent to 44 per cent. The previous Newspoll, taken in July, had Labor ahead by 57 per cent to 43 per cent. The latest survey said Labor's primary vote was unchanged at 36 per cent while the coalition's support rose one percentage point to 30 per cent. The Greens were steady on 12 per cent, One Nation was up one point to nine per cent and backing for the independents and minor parties category dipped two points to 13 per cent. Mr Albanese's previous net approval rating of zero improved in the new poll to plus three, with 49 per cent of voters satisfied with his performance and 46 per cent dissatisfied. It marks Mr Albanese's first positive net approval rating in a Newspoll since September 2023. Coalition leader Sussan Ley's net approval rating is at minus nine, deteriorating from the minus seven result she received in the prior month. About 21 per cent of respondents to the Newspoll indicated it was still too early to judge her performance. On the question of who would be the better prime minister, 51 per cent said Mr Albanese, 31 per cent said Ms Ley and 18 per cent were uncommitted - with the latter option gaining two points since the last Newspoll and the leaders each dropping one point. The survey of 1283 voters was conducted online between August 11 and August 14.
