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Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are set to face off in the second debate of the election campaign.
POLITICS is turning to sport to shoot a few goals in the polls, with both major parties promising big dollars for clubs — but for very different reasons.
The Health Minister Sussan Ley has this morning launched a program intended to combat childhood obesity, by pumping $60 million extra into the Sporting Schools Program.
The opposition leader Bill Shorten says he will pump an extra $21 million into the ABC to restore coverage of women’s soccer and basketball after it was axed as part of budget cuts in 2014.
Both leaders are planning to maintain a low profile today ahead of tonight’s live debate.
The leaders will be grilled by three senior political journalists in the hour-long debate, which contrasts to the town hall-style people’s forum held in western Sydney this month. Mr Turnbull could face pressure over poor results for the government in the latest 7News-ReachTel poll, which has Labor leading for the first time during the campaign.
Follow our rolling updates of today developments in the live blog below