Fed: Prime Minister condemned says Bartlett

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2004
Fed: Prime Minister condemned says Bartlett

The Australian Democrats say the call by former defence chiefs and diplomats for more
truth in government shows Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD can't be trusted.

Democrats leader ANDREW BARTLETT says the call is an unprecedented degree of condemnation
for the prime minister.

He says Australia's democracy has never been so sick with a prime minister that is so dishonest.

But Senator BARTLETT says it's unlikely a Labor government would do any better and
flagged the need for a strong senate.

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KEYWORD: STATEMENT BARTLETT (BRISBANE)

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