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Mr RUDD (2:58 PM)
—My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his answer to my previous question. He said that it was a matter for Commissioner Cole to request any expansion in his terms of reference in relation to ministers’ actions in this $300 million wheat for weapons scandal. Is the Prime Minister aware of a letter from Commissioner Cole to me in March this year which states—
Mr Downer interjecting—
Mr RUDD
—It goes directly to the misleading statement just made by the Prime Minister.
The SPEAKER
—Order!
Mr RUDD
—Would it—
The SPEAKER
—The member for Griffith—
Mr RUDD
—This is from Commissioner Cole—
The SPEAKER
—The member for Griffith will rephrase that.
Mr RUDD
—We know you do not want to hear it.
The SPEAKER
—The member for Griffith will rephrase that.
Mr RUDD
—Is the Prime Minister aware of the contents of this letter from the Cole commission of inquiry, which says:
... it would not be appropriate for a commissioner to seek amendment of the terms of reference to address a matter significantly different to that in the existing terms of reference ... that the commissioner should seek amendments to the terms of reference to enable him to determine whether Australia has breached its international obligations, or a Minister has breached obligations imposed upon him by Australian regulations falls ... within the latter category.
Prime Minister, in your reply just now to my previous question, haven’t you once again just deliberately misled the parliament in order to—
The SPEAKER
—Order! The member for Griffith will either rephrase that or resume his seat.
Mr RUDD
—Prime Minister—
The SPEAKER
—The member will withdraw that.
Mr RUDD
—I withdraw that. Has the Prime Minister once again misled the parliament in his response to the previous question to conceal the rorted terms of reference he has given Commissioner Cole to give his two ministers there a ‘get out of jail free’ card?
Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister)
—I am aware of the letter that was sent by Commissioner Cole to the member for Griffith. I remember it very vividly, and I know the subject matter of it. The subject matter of that letter does not alter in any way the substance of the answer I gave to his earlier question.