FEDERAL ELECTION: Major parties gag candidates*

When Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper (Sept 28) surveyed major party candidates in 10 Victorian marginal seats on the hard questions of divorce, hospitals, interest rates, budget deficits and Iraq, they all parroted the party HQ script. Nine of the 10 Labor candidates questioned sent identical pro-forma answers. Deputy Opposition Leader Jenny Macklin, the alternative Deputy Prime Minister, did not respond.Liberal headquarters faxed a blanket response on behalf of all 10 Coalition candidates.When…

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