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

They said:

In the absence of evidence to support the allegation, Australian wheat growers are entitled to dismiss the claims as an attempt to promote the sale of US subsidised wheat in the Iraq market.

We had received no credible advice or evidence to doubt the integrity of AWB Ltd. That was a view that I retained well beyond the date quoted by the Leader of the Opposition. If he is honest with himself, so did he.

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