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

Without in any way criticising the legal expertise of Mr Walker, which I do not seek to do, the unavoidable reality for the Leader of the Opposition is that Mr Cole QC—whose repute in the legal profession is at least the equal of that of Mr Walker if not, given his greater experience, superior—has made it very plain that he has ample powers to make the relevant findings of fact. He has made it perfectly plain that if he wants additional terms of reference he will ask for them. Both by our response to date and by what I have said, if he asks for wider terms of reference, he will get them.

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