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REGISTER TO VOTE 15-Jul-2007 At 12:14:41 PM oweng

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On 13/07/2007 anthonyk wrote:
>not true
>
>"The Government and Opposition are at odds. For the first time, bipartisan
>agreement for the deployment of troops has not been achieved. Labor has
>chosen to support continuing peaceful disarmament under UN resolution 1441.
> The Coalition supports an invasion of Iraq led by the US with Australia
>as part of the coalition of the willing without United Nations authorisation."
> - Kate Lundy, 20 March 2003 (as opposition MP) http://www.katelundy.com.au/Anti-war.htm

Thanks for that. Clearly my memory was wrong. I remembered Labour supporting the invasion, but forgot about the pretty crucial component of the support, which was that the support was conditional on a new UN resolution (which was never issued).