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

Let me repeat:

The Federal Opposition welcomes the announcement by the Australian Wheat Board on the likely resumption of Australian wheat sales to Iraq ...

He then goes on to say:

The Opposition congratulates the AWB for achieving a commercial outcome in the midst—

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of the difficult foreign policy environment, which had been delivered to them by Foreign Minister Downer.

There is an old saying which I am sure the member for Griffith would be aware of, and that is: would that my enemy would write a book. Let me vary it to say: would that the shadow minister would put out a statement.

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