Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer to the letter I received from the Prime Minister yesterday just before question time confirming that former National Party candidate Trevor Flugge had access to other Australian government money to support his activities in Iraq apart from the $1 million package paid to him through the aid budget. Deputy Prime Minister, how much other money did Mr Flugge have access to? Given that DFAT indicated that the 2003-04 AusAID budget allocated $4 million to revitalising the agricultural sector and quick impact activities, can the minister outline to parliament how much of this $4 million was at the discretion of his National Party mate Mr Flugge?

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