Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is directed to Senator Minchin in his capacity representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware of reports of US government action as early as 2003 regarding potential kickbacks paid to the Iraqi regime? Was the Australian government informed of the US General Accounting Office finding in 2003 that kickbacks had been paid to the Iraqi regime through the oil for food program? Was the Australian government informed of the US Defense Contract Audit Agency finding that the AWB wheat contracts had been inflated by kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime? Did any US security agency convey these concerns about the rorted oil for food program to their corresponding security agency in Australia?