THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS AND IRAQ: Tim Blair has much more:

Let’s take another look at Tim Lambert’s claim that Iraq was “hardly an issue” in the election. “Anyone who has been following the election would know how little it was discussed,” says Tim.

Anyone who watched the election debate between the two leaders would have heard Iraq mentioned 25 times (“Latham puts Iraq on the election table,” wrote Margo Kingston, a source Lambert may find trustworthy).

Latham mentioned Iraq three times during his campaign launch (his promise to bring the troops home was a major part of his election platform, driving much media coverage); Howard’s launch mentioned Iraq twice. Iraq was mentioned 27 times in questions and responses following Howard’s Press Club speech in the final week of the campaign.

Game, set, match to Tim. Er, the Blair one.