House debates Questions without Notice

Beijing AustChina Technology

Tuesday, 18 March 2008 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

3:13 pm

As the member opposite knows full well, the reason he has those dates and the reason he has that information is that it was all declared in due time in the appropriate course on the public register. As the former minister also would be fully aware, it being my first term in parliament, there would be no public money available if I were to do any overseas travel relative to my portfolio. To have private sponsorship was the only way that that was able to be done.

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