House debates Questions without Notice
Council for Australian-Arab Relations
Bernie Ripoll Oxley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations
2:27 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that his government has just appointed Pru Goward chairwoman of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, replacing former AWB chairman Brendan Stewart? Are the relations that Ms Goward will be improving those between herself and the 100 Arab branch stacks recruited into the Cherrybrook branch by his extreme right-wing faction, which has taken over the New South Wales Liberal Party?
David Hawker Speaker
Order! The Prime Minister may answer the first part of the question; I do not think it is necessary to answer the second part.
John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
The answer to the first part of the question is yes. The answer to the second part of the question is: there is no connection at all.
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