4BC Mornings with Bill McDonald

'Pretty dull affair in the end': First federal election debate falls flat


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Last night, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton went head-to-head in the first federal election debate.

The Prime Minister has officially been declared the winner, scoring 44 votes from the 100 undecided punters in the room, while Peter Dutton scored 35.

Nine Radio Federal politics editor Michael Pachi told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "It was a pretty dull affair in the end."

"Neither made any zingers, there was no knockout blow, I saw one analyst calling the debate, having hardly a pulse."

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