Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Does he recollect, thirdly, that the cable said the system was designed to provide illegal revenue for Iraq in US dollars? Does he recollect, fourthly, that the cable said the United Nations believed the company involved in the scheme was owned by the son of Saddam Hussein? Does he recollect, fifthly, that AWB had concluded contracts of a similar nature to this with the Iraqi regime? Minister, how could you have satisfied yourself that this matter was properly looked at by a few phone calls to AWB and will you now go to the Cole inquiry and discuss the content of this cable and the other matters contained in this appalling scandal?

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