House debates

Wednesday, 15 February 2006

Questions without Notice

Oil for Food Program

2:00 pm

Photo of Mark VaileMark Vaile (Lyne, National Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

It has been explained in answers to previous questions exactly why that seal is on the front cover of the document that the Leader of the Opposition is waving around, but he continues to assert the allegation that the Australian government certified and signed off on these contracts, when they were contracts under the UN oil for food program and they were certified by the UN. They were checked off by UN customs officials—and he knows that. Yet they continue to run this campaign that is denigrating the reputation of Australian wheat growers and affecting Australian wheat growers’ ability to work in markets across the world.

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