Socialist Alliance challenges Nationals to debate

Bill Mason, Brisbane

The Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, Coral Wynter, has issued a challenge to National Party candidate Major Nick Withycombe to debate the Iraq war and truth in politics.

The challenge follows media publicity exposing Withycombe's apparent exaggeration of his role in the Australian military intervention in Iraq in 2003.

"The war in Iraq is a key issue in this election. Let's debate it out in front of an open forum of the electors of Brisbane. And let's also discuss the importance of telling the truth in current Australian political life — which has been completely devalued by the disgraceful performance of our doomed Prime Minister John Howard."

From Green Left Weekly, September 8, 2004.

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From GLW issue 597