Kelvin Thomson (Wills, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Public Accountability and Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I refer the minister to reports that in 2001 BP realised it had not complied with the customs regulations concerning the Poul Spirit oil shipment from Iraq and contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs asking for formal retrospective approval, which it never received—a fact which has been covered up. Minister, who handled the request for retrospective approval, and when was this request first made known to you?

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