According to Mike Seccombe's report in today's edition of The Saturday Paper, Liberal candidate David Sharma did NOT participate in last Monday's Wentworth Byelection Debate:
"... Campaign staff told the organisers Sharma had a prior engagement, but the suspicion was that he was being hidden. Much like the recommendations of the government’s inquiry into religious freedom – subsequently leaked this week.
Certainly, the crowd was not happy when the debate moderator announced Sharma couldn’t make it. There were jeers, and laughter at a few shouted interjections that Sharma – preselected even though he didn’t live in the electorate – couldn’t find his way to Bondi. …"
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2018/10/13/wentworth-the-race-that-has-stopped-the-nation/15393492006991
