Federal election 2022 live: Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison face off in second leaders’ debate

Slightly longer recap: The second leaders’ debate had a format that seems now as though it was destined for chaos. There was a 60-second time limit on responses – which an optimistic soul might think would lead to succinct answers.

Instead, we got the usual soundbites with the added bonus of Albanese and Morrison engaging in something akin to a fish slapping dance.

There were very good, serious questions on policy substance. And then there was a question about the definition of a female, stoking the anti-trans wars lit by Warringah candidate Katherine Deves.

The debate ended with a question on televising sports, which seems entirely irrelevant until you consider who hosted the shindig.

Is anyone nostalgic for the worm? We used to have a live indication of how viewers were responding to the leaders’ performances in these debates. All these years later, and all those technological advances, and tonight we got results that were not sturdy to begin with, and fell over completely when Nine’s polling platform failed.

Sit tight. Our experts’ verdicts will be in shortly.