Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Minister for Transport and Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

Go and seek your own legal advice. I certainly have, and the legal advice is that this report cannot be made public and that is specifically stated in the legislation. However, if the Leader of the Opposition wants to nominate somebody of interest to him to read the confidential report—provided you are prepared to respect the confidentiality of the commercial elements that might disadvantage Australian farmers if they were to be released—the government is prepared to provide you with that kind of an opportunity. But let me assure you that the statements publicly made by Mr Tim Besley about the content of those confidential reports and their examination in relation to the Iraq contracts are consistent with what is in the report. I remind you again: Tim Besley said, ‘There’s nothing—

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