Democrats’ new chief
NZPA Melbourne A former senator, John Siddons, has taken up office as national president of the Australian Democrats. He told the Democrats’ national executive meeting in Melbourne that he was delighted to return to the job after five years. Mr Siddons helped found the Democrats, and was one of those who persuaded Don
Chipp to join the Democrats. In his first statement as Democrat president, Mr Siddons said that he was disgusted that many of Labour’s election promises had been broken or postponed. “It seems politicians can say anything they like during a campaign and only suffer political conse-
quences,” he said. “That’s not good enough.”
Because of this the national executive of the Democrats have agreed to try to introduce legislation' which could bring election promises within the ambit of the Trade Practices Act.
“It’s time for some truth in political campaigning,” said Mr Siddons.
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