SBS to translate Leader’s Debates from Nine, Seven.

SBS will again provide live interpretations of the Leaders Debates, hosted by Nine and the Seven networks, as well as two additional Ministerial Debates to be held at the National Press Club.

For the upcoming debates between  Scott Morrison & Anthony Albanese, SBS will be providing interpretations in Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese at:

8:45pm Sunday 8 May; Wednesday May 11 (time TBA) on SBS On Demand and Facebook.

In addition to the Leaders Debates, SBS will also be offering translated live streams of two Ministerial debates to be held at the National Press Club of Australia this coming week.

The first debate, dubbed the “2022 Treasury Debate” is between The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP and Dr Jim Chalmers MP, The Treasurer and Shadow Treasurer of Australia. Taking place 12.30pm AEST on Wednesday 4 May, the hour-long debate will be live streamed in Arabic and Mandarin on SBS On Demand.

This will be followed with the “2022 Defence Debate” the next day, Thursday 5 May. Taking place at 12.30pm AEST, the debate between The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, the Minister for Defence, and The Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP, the Shadow Minister for Defence will also be live streamed in Arabic and Mandarin on SBS On Demand.

Both debates will be broadcast live in English on the ABC.