Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 15. July 9 1979

Stop Press

Stop Press

[unclear: After] the chief Government whip (Tony Friedlander) old the Association that no Government speakers would [unclear: be] attending the forum last Wednesday because "these [unclear: hings] always end in a shambles", Campaign Coordinator [unclear: Sinon] Wilson wrote to him, asking the following questions:

1)	Is it the Government's intention not to send speakers [unclear: to] this campus?
2)	Are Government members not willing to front up [unclear: or] the Government's own policies?
3)	Why were we informed as late as possible that no [unclear: speakers] would be coming, when we had been led to [unclear: believe] for several days previously that a speaker would [unclear: be] provided?
4)	Why does one of the few members with actual ex[unclear: perience] of speaking at Victoria and familiarity with [unclear: the] issues (John Elliott) not asked if he was willing to [unclear: attend].

The accompanying letter is Mr Friedlander's reply. The [unclear: question] remains: how on earth does the phrase "[unclear: meetings] will be considered on the merits of each individual [unclear: case] relate to the earlier "these things always end in a [unclear: shambles"?]