Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Coonan, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and relates to the announcement by Mr Downer on 28 March 2003 of a $100 million AusAID package for Iraq, which was to cover two shipments of wheat and included $45 million for handling and distribution costs. Did the Minister for Foreign Affairs sign off on the aid budget as the delegate under the Financial Management and Accountability Act? If not, who did and when? Was the usual AusAID package development framework, including risk and probity assessment, followed?