Leaders’ debate live updates: Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton meet in final election debate

With less than a week to go before polling day in the federal election, the PM and opposition leader square off for the fourth time. Follow updates live

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Good evening, and welcome to the final leaders’ debate of the federal election campaign, with less than a week to go until polling day. I’m Emily Wind, and I’ll be taking you through all of the action tonight.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will go head-to-head in one more televised debate on 7News, kicking off just after 8pm AEST tonight.

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