▁a ▁Co al ition ▁government ▁would ▁establish ▁a ▁climate ▁change ▁fund ▁after ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁fin anced ▁by ▁carbon ▁off sets . ▁ ▁The ▁N ine ▁Network , ▁which ▁broadcast ▁the ▁debate ▁as ▁an ▁extended ▁edition ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁Min utes , ▁used ▁' the ▁W orm ' ▁in ▁its ▁broadcast ▁despite ▁prior ▁ob jections ▁from ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁and ▁action ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Press ▁Club ▁to ▁ce ase ▁its ▁video ▁feed . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁N ine ▁Network ' s ▁feed ▁was ▁cut ▁part ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁broadcast , ▁which ▁N ine ▁then ▁replaced ▁with ▁Sky ▁News ' s ▁coverage . ▁The ▁N ine ▁television ▁network ' s ▁live ▁audience , ▁via ▁the ▁W orm ' s ▁average , ▁scored ▁the ▁debate ▁ 6 5 ▁to ▁ 2 9 ▁in ▁Rud d ' s ▁favour , ▁with ▁ 6 ▁per ▁cent ▁remaining ▁und ec ided . ▁Both ▁sides , ▁however , ▁claimed ▁victory . ▁N ine ▁had ▁a ▁separate ▁group ▁of ▁ 8 0 ▁it ▁said ▁were ▁' swing ing ' ▁vot ers ▁( ch osen ▁by ▁Mc N air ▁Research ) ▁in ▁its ▁studio ▁to ▁control ▁' the ▁W orm '. ▁Ste ps ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁ensure ▁equal ▁numbers ▁so ▁as ▁not ▁to ▁t aint ▁the ▁W orm . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁Peter ▁Cost ello ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁ce ase ▁inter ject ing . ▁ ▁Week ▁ 2 ▁ ▁Fig ures ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁T ues day , ▁showed ▁a ▁stronger