labor mp spreading lies

Another LABOR MP caught out spreading lies...this time to students who some will be voting for the first time.

Damage is already done. Disgusting antics from the ALP but not really surprised.

First rules don't matter..now it's facts? Shame LABOR shame.

Reads as follows;

KEVIN Rudd is facing more campaign drama after a Labor MP attacked a star Liberal candidate - who served on the frontline in Iraq and Afghanistan - as a defence "bureaucrat'' who worked "the last 25 years'' in Canberra.
Labor MP Geoff Lyons, who won the marginal seat of Bass in 2010, was forced to make an apology following his attack on Liberal candidate Andrew Nikolic.
In the latest case of election dirty tricks, the Government MP told an audience of Year 11 and 12 students - some of whom will vote for the first time - that his election rival had "misled" journalists about his role in the military.
A transcript reveals the MP derided Mr Nikolic's 31-year military record - despite the Liberal candidate being deputy commander of Australia's military contingent in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Mr Nikolic, who rose to the rank of Brigadier, was also was commander of Australian forces in southern Iraq in 2005.

Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass Andrew Nikolic has a 31-year military record.
Liberal candidate for the seat of Bass Andrew Nikolic has a 31-year military record. Source: News Limited
But the Labor MP told the students from Newstead College in Launceston that Mr Nikolic was a "candidate who has been a bureaucrat in Canberra for the last 25 years working in the media''.
Mr Lyons also claimed Mr Nikolic - who served for several years as Defence's director of public affairs - lied about signing a contract between Defence and AusAID.
Government records however, confirm that Mr Nikolic did sign a Head Record of Understanding with the foreign aid agency in September 2010.
Labor has already been forced to dump two candidates and the Prime Minister can ill afford any further outbreaks of campaign drama.
Mr Lyons holds the must-win Tasmanian seat with a margin of 6.7 per cent but a surge in support for the Coalition has Mr Nikolic well placed to win the seat next month.
Mr Nikolic said: "It's disappointing and desperate for my political opponent to belittle my military record in this way."
The Liberal candidate - who quit the military two years ago to campaign in Bass - also received a strong endorsement from one of Australia's most decorated soldiers, former Vice Chief of the Defence Force and ex-Chief of Army, Ken Gillespie.
"There is nothing on his CV that is inaccurate. Andrew had a very successful command, " Mr Gillespie said, of his former deputy.
"You don't get to be a Brigadier without having some pretty good qualities. (Mr Nikolic) had a wonderful career and to suggest that his CV is inaccurate is mischievous at best."
Last night, Mr Lyons said he was "sincerely sorry" for his remarks about his opponent.
"I have the upmost respect for all of our brave men and women who serve Australia so proudly both overseas and in their various capacities at home," the MP said.
"This includes my political opponent, Mr Nikolic."
ANDREW NIKOLIC
Enlisted in Army 1979
1st Battalion, RAR
3rd Battalion, RAR (Parachute)
Dep Commander, Aust National HQ Afghanistan (Oct 2001-March 2002)
Nat Command Rep for Aust forces Southern Iraq (Feb - Oct 2005)
First Assistant, Sec Dept of Defence (2008 - 2011)


Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-mp-geoff-lyons-insults-former-soldier-turned-star-liberal-candidate-andrew-nikolic/story-fnho52ip-1226697418858#ixzz2by20N36m