Linda Kirk (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, do you agree with AUSTRAC’s claim that it was unable to assist the UN inquiry because the UN is not a country? Can the minister now identify for the Senate what section of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 precludes AUSTRAC from sharing information with the UN inquiry? Isn’t it actually the case that this was just another lame excuse for the Howard government to turn a blind eye to the truth?