Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Abetz. My question relates to the 2004 performance monitoring activities of the Wheat Export Authority, the WEA, of the AWB. Is the minister aware that the WEA questioned the AWB in 2004 about the provision of kickbacks in 2004? Is the minister aware that AWB considered the issue of payments to a Jordanian trucking company and the relationship of the wheat price to global benchmarks in its performance-monitoring activities? Is the minister aware that they submitted a confidential performance review to the minister for agriculture? Is the minister aware of the WEA activities? Did the WEA report to the minister about the kickbacks, the trucking company or the extent to which the price exceeded global benchmarks? Did the WEA report this in its confidential performance review?