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FRI 11 NOV 2005

Inquiry ‘whitewash’

By AAP, Canberra

AN inquiry with royal commission powers will probe the scandal which saw Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein pocket $300 million from Australia's wheat exporter. But the Federal Government's role in the affair will escape scrutiny under the inquiry's narrow terms of reference, leading to Opposition claims of a whitewash. The evasion of international trade sanctions and the former Australian Wheat Board's dealings in the corruption-ridden UN oil-for-food program will be investigated by a commission of...

 

  Publication The Cairns Post
  Title Inquiry ‘whitewash’
  Date Published FRI 11 NOV 2005
  Author AAP, Canberra
  Word Count 199
  Price AUD$2.50
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