Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

Did they put forward the motion:

That this federal conference of The Nationals requests that, in the climate arising from the ongoing Cole inquiry into the AWB, the Australian federal government be asked to openly and vigorously investigate allegations of misconduct by persons representing or effectively representing the Australian people.

Given that statements the minister has made in defence of the Cole inquiry as a transparent process have been made as recently as 15 October, in the period since he left the trade portfolio, will the minister explain how those statements are compatible with the decision to have this motion pulled at the National Party conference?

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