Kelvin Thomson (Wills, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Public Accountability and Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to the Deputy Prime Minister. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the claim by the member for O’Connor that The Nationals knew AWB was engaged in corrupt conduct but did nothing about it. Is the member for O’Connor correct when he says:

The dogs have been barking about corruption for years. A number of people who were not Liberals were constantly out in the marketplace saying it was the way you did business in the Middle East and if our side is guilty of anything it is of trusting a mob of agri-politicians all of which have close connections with The National Party.

Did the Deputy Prime Minister ignore this corruption because AWB and The Nationals come out of the same kennel?

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