Australians tend to pay attention to politics during elections campains.
However surely farmers must be concerned regarding A.W.B. actions with wheat sales & Prime Minister Howard.& ministers .
Hogan heros fans would be familar with the saying i know nothing.
Comments by some people stating left wing bias does not hold water.
Accountability to the people of Australia should be the key.
Wake up Australians demand your federal government sack these forgetfull ministers.Surely ministers diaries would note some details.
Politics have reached a new low due to this wheat mal practice.

"Rex, summary dismissal upon poor record keeping seems a bit harsh, usually regular audits keeps everyone in line.

Posted by gusi, Saturday, 15 April 2006 2:00:00 AM"

I'm in VERY small business, gusi. But I have to keep accurate records for taxation purposes. These records are made available to my accountant, who presents a legally required summary to the Taxation Dept annually. And we're all the same in that respect, aren't we?

I also keep a business diary and have done so for just about as long as I can remember. My diary is not all inclusive, but anything remotely as important as being advised about possible serious illegalities would get an entry which, although possibly cryptic, would be sufficient to bring the details to my mind and indicate where the written records could be found.

But under those circumstances, which I regard as normal, I couldn't pretend that [1] I had never been told. And/or [2] I couldn't remember.

Australia is represented, at very senior level, by people who are at the very least incompetent and, perhaps more likely, grossly dishonest. And it's to Australia's shame if they get away with it.