‘Labor doesn’t care what we think’: doctor to take on Tony Burke in safe western Sydney seat

Exclusive: Dr Ziad Basyouny is the first of several independents expected to challenge federal Labor seats amid the Israel-Gaza war

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While there are many things driving the independent candidate Dr Ziad Basyouny to challenge Tony Burke for the seat of Watson in Sydney, there is one word that wraps them all together.

Injustice," Basyouny declared, speaking from his medical practice in Lakemba.

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