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

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the question I asked the Prime Minister when parliament last sat on the salary paid to the former National Party candidate and Australian government representative in Iraq, Mr Trevor Flugge. I also refer to the written answer the Prime Minister delivered to my office five minutes before question time began, in which he confirmed that Mr Flugge’s package was not the $700,000 as stated in Senate estimates but, in fact, a total of $978,776.50. Prime Minister, beyond this million-dollar package to Mr Flugge paid for from the Australian aid budget, did Mr Flugge have access to any other Australian government money to support his activities in Iraq?

John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am not aware of it, but will I check and, if there was something else, I will let the public know.