House debates Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
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Wayne Swan Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer
3:09 pm
Madam Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
Wayne Swan Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer
I was asked by the member for Mayo during question time about a grant to the Clinton Foundation of $500,000. I pointed out in my answer that the Howard government had provided $25 million to the Clinton Foundation.
Mr Pyne interjecting—
Ms Anna Burke Deputy-Speaker
The Manager of Opposition business will withdraw.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training
Madam Speaker, I withdraw.
Wayne Swan Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer
The $500,000 grant to the Clinton Foundation was made under a program of the Howard government, the International Forest Carbon Initiative, which was a Howard government initiative, and it was made by the minister for climate change.