House debates Questions without Notice

Oil for Food Program

Thursday, 12 October 2006 House of Representatives

Warren Truss

Warren Truss Wide Bay, National Party, Minister for Trade

3:04 pm

I commented later that there had been an effort on the part of some to confuse the word ‘commission’ with bribery and corruption and I said that the idea that you could cross out the word ‘commission’ and write in ‘bribery’ or ‘kickbacks’ as though the words are interchangeable is completely unacceptable. Let me make it absolutely clear: I condemned bribery; I condemned kickbacks; I condemned corruption. Commissions are a reasonable part of business activity. I expect all Australian businesses, including the Australian Wheat Board, to behave responsibly and according to Australian law.

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