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

I will apologise for errors for which I am responsible. At no stage did this government ever condone the sort of behaviour alleged by the Leader of the Opposition. He asked me whether I could give a guarantee in relation to Australian money. I point out to the Leader of the Opposition that the money allegedly going to the Iraqi officials was not Australian money; it was in fact the money of Iraq held in escrow by the United Nations. If the allegations are true, it was improperly obtained by the Iraqi government as a result of the—

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