House debates Questions without Notice

Oil for Food Program

Thursday, 16 February 2006 House of Representatives

Kim Beazley

Kim Beazley Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

3:03 pm

My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Given that the Prime Minister has provided Commissioner Cole with no powers to investigate how the $300 million paid to Saddam Hussein’s regime was used, will the Prime Minister now establish an independent investigation into: (1) where the money went; (2) what the money was used for, including the question of funding Palestinian suicide bombers, Saddam Hussein’s military and the current insurgency; and (3) how much of the money remains unaccounted for, given that AWB’s kickbacks to Iraq continued for 18 months after the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime?

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