A rowdy crowd dominated Wayne Swan's (L) first candidates's debate of the campaign in Brisbane. Source: AAP
A ROWDY crowd dominated former treasurer Wayne Swan's first candidates's debate of the campaign.
Liberal National Party (LNP) stalwarts and rusted-on Labor supporters constantly interjected during a lively debate between Mr Swan and LNP opponent Rod McGarvie.
They scoffed at Mr Swan's claims about the growing economy and booed Mr McGarvie when he spoke of the need to rein in spiralling government debt.
Neither candidate delivered a knockout blow, but the pair were certainly more exciting than their leaders.
Mr Swan became unstuck when asked if could guarantee no cuts to services under Labor, saying "I can guarantee all our plans already costed".
There were also howls when Mr McGarvie suggested that because of Labor's marine parks "Asian fishing boats can come in there (the Coral Sea) and rape and pillage".
But Mr McGarvie pulled out the big guns on Mr Swan when he read quotes he'd made about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he was still a backbencher.
The moderator then asked Mr Swan if he was comfortable serving under Mr Rudd.
"I'm happy to serve," he replied.
"Under Rudd," asked the moderator, some partisan members of the crowd joining in.
"I'm doing it now," a seemingly annoyed Mr Swan said, to cheers of other audience members.
Mr McGarvie then stumbled when he said the government needed to run healthcare more efficiently, like a business.
"We don't live in a business, we live in a society," Mr Swan replied, to wild cheers from the obvious parts of the room.
But overall both candidates carried themselves well, despite almost constant audience interjections.
Mr Swan seemed very confident, while relative newbie Mr McGarvie held his ground impressively.
"I really enjoyed that debate, it was terrific," Mr Swan told reporters afterwards.
Mr McGarvie thought his first candidates' debate had been enjoyable.
"It was an interesting time, it was my first time to do something like that," he said.
There was no clear winner, but many in the crowd had made up their minds about who they would vote for before they arrived anyway.
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