Recap: the Leaders' Debate and your say

The first election campaign debate between Prime MinisterKevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will take place tonight.

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The first show-down of the federal election will be moderated by Sky News political editor David Speers, and each leader will be grilled by a panel of journalists from the Parliamentary Press Gallery: the ABC's Lyndal Curtis, News Corp Australia's Simon Benson and Fairfax's Peter Hartcher.

SBS will bring you the event live and in full on SBS2, hosted by The Feed's Andy Park.

You can join the conversation here on the night or on Twitter using #ausdebate or #leadersdebate.

Which issues would you like to see featured in the debate?

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