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

Where there are particular allegations that the system is being abused, they are investigated. I have had raised in the House in the last almost two weeks and prior to that a number of examples. Some of them are still under investigation. The celebrated one involving Teys Bros in Naracoorte in South Australia was investigated and the allegation was found to be incorrect. I say to the member for Blaxland that the member for Oxley raised a particular query with me yesterday. I have responded to him, indicating that that matter is being investigated. I do not pretend for a moment that everybody involved in business in Australia is lilywhite, and I would not rule out the possibility that some people do not do the right thing, but you do not damn a whole program on the basis of that. Where you have specific allegations, you raise them and you have them investigated.

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