Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The second observation I make is that Senator Coleman, whom I spoke to personally at the end of September about these matters, expressed the view to me in that conversation we had in New York that the Australian government, unlike other countries which had been mentioned in the Volcker report, had done precisely the right thing to set up a commission of inquiry into this whole matter. The third observation I would make is that I appreciate the honourable member asking about Senator Coleman, because on 27 November this is what he said: ‘I “formally” applaud the efforts of the Cole commission, which examined the facts in a thorough and comprehensive manner.’

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