SBS to expand live interpreting of upcoming 2022 Federal Election debates

Andrew Banks

May 3, 2022 1:23

SBS is continuing to make the 2022 Federal Election more accessible for multicultural communities, today announcing live interpretations of the upcoming Leaders Debates, hosted by Nine and the Seven Network, as well as two additional Ministerial Debates to be held at the National Press Club of Australia.

For the upcoming debates between Prime Minister The Hon. Scott Morrison MP and Opposition Leader, The Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, SBS will be providing live interpretations in Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.

The next debate will be taking place at 8.30pm AEST this Sunday 8 May and be broadcast live in English on Channel 9 and 9Now and streamed live across the websites of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, with streams in Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese available live and exclusively on SBS On Demand and Facebook.

SBS will also provide interpretations across these four languages for the final Leaders’ Debate hosted by Seven on Wednesday 11 May and broadcast on Channel 7 and 7plus.

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Andrew Banks

Andrew is an editor and journalist with over 27 years' experience, working across publications including news.com.au, The Sunday Telegraph and The Australian newspaper.

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