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

Can the trade minister confirm that Australia’s wheat exports to Iraq have fallen by 50 per cent over the last financial year to 715,000 tonnes? Can the minister also confirm that, over the same period, wheat exports from the United States to Iraq have increased by 300 per cent to 2.3 million tonnes? Does the minister accept any responsibility for this kick in the guts to Australia’s hardworking wheat farmers arising from his presiding over the $300 million wheat for weapons scandal?

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