“If he has any self-respect he would resign over this matter, the negligence is so gross.”

— Kevin Rudd

Cole has no power to find against ministers: Rudd, 10 April 2006, 13 February 2008, Lateline, ABC TV http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1613142.htm,
Regarding then deputy prime minister Mark Vaile's evidence at the Cole Inquiry, following the Australian Wheat Board's 'oil for food' scandal.
2006

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