They didn't face off over the economy, but Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott each faced the same undecided voters last night in the election campaign's second town hall-style meeting.
With polling day fast approaching, the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader separately fielded questions from a 200-strong crowd inside the Broncos Leagues Club in suburban Brisbane.
A straw poll taken among willing members of the audience gave the night to Ms Gillard, with 83 votes to Mr Abbott's 75.
Ms Gillard faced Queenslanders demanding answers over why she had toppled her predecessor, local boy Kevin Rudd.
Asked if she felt like a hypocrite for moving against Mr Rudd even though she contributed to his Government's failings, the Prime Minister said she would cop her fair share of the blame.
''Warts and all, and you'll judge it on that,'' she said. ''But I also ask you to judge it on looking forward.''
After the third question about the ousting of Mr Rudd, Ms Gillard conceded that it ''weighed heavily'' on her mind that voters were not allowed to voice their opinions over his leadership.
But she said she and her Labor colleagues had overwhelmingly come to the conclusion she needed to take the action that she did.
Ms Gillard wanted to turn at least part of last night's event into an economic debate, but Mr Abbott was having none of it.
Instead, the Opposition Leader got down on the floor with the audience and left before Ms Gillard entered.
Mr Abbott took the first hour and in response to a question about his use of language and imagery, he offered one of the most truthful lines of the night.
''I am a politician,'' he said. ''I worry every day about my public image.''
Mr Abbott answered 27 questions, on a range of issues from asylum-seekers to the economy. He also ruled out banning abortion to help boost the population, raising the GST, or reintroducing WorkChoices under any name.
He gave no comfort to gay couples, despite conceding they must feel ''ripped off'' over not being allowed to legally marry.
The Opposition Leader promised to implement a scheme that would allow university students to work off some of their HECS debts through volunteering.
Ms Gillard also gave up the stage for the floor.
She said she had the better economic plan for Australia than Mr Abbott and used Labor's national broadband network as an example.
Not building it, she said, would be saying, ''We are happy to export jobs that Australians could have done to places like Singapore, Korea and Japan.''
The Prime Minister answered 24 questions, covering issues including asylum-seekers, gay marriage, the cost of living, the internet filter, taxes, education, water, and sending staffers to cabinet committee meetings.
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