Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

We are all much more interested in the machinations inside the Labor Party than anything else and, no doubt, you would be doing your best to cover them up. The government, of course, does not defend bribery in any respect. That is why we set up the Cole commission. We are the only government in the world to set up a fully-fledged, independent inquiry as a result of the Volcker report. There are 2,200 companies involved. We are the only country that set up a commission of inquiry to examine it. AWB have been found out by the commission and prosecutions will no doubt ensue. No-one defends bribery and no-one in this government defends bribery.