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BHP to cut ties with AWB accused
MINING giant BHP Billiton is preparing to sever ties with former executive Norman Davidson Kelly, who was described by the Cole inquiry as having “no commercial morality”.
Cole’s dirty dozen to face jail
ELEVEN former executives of wheat exporter AWB could face criminal charges and jail terms of up to 10 years after the Cole inquiry found they had engaged in an elaborate deception that illegally funnelled $290 million to Saddam Hussein’s regime and cast a shadow over Australia’s international reputation.
PM says nothing to hide in AWB affair
JOHN Howard has angrily rejected claims the Cole inquiry into the Iraq kickbacks scandal has been a whitewash, insisting, “we hid nothing”.
Flugge afraid of jail term he ‘doesn’t deserve’
TREVOR Flugge does not want to go to prison, nor does he believe that he has done anything even remotely likely to send him there.
Cole delivers report into AWB kickbacks scandal
THE head of the AWB Iraqi kickbacks inquiry has handed the final report on his investigation into the scandal to Governor-General Michael Jeffery.
Lawsuit against AWB dropped
NORTH American wheat farmers have withdrawn a $US1 billion ($1.3 billion) class action against the embattled AWB.
AWB prepared for loss of export monopoly
AWB is resigned to losing its status as the nation’s monopoly wheat exporter after Terence Cole hands down his report into the Iraqi kickbacks scandal on Friday.
Envoy ‘present at AWB talks on Tigris’
ONE of the AWB executives likely to face criminal charges over the Iraq kickbacks scandal claims that a senior bureaucrat from the Australian embassy in Jordan was present during a meeting with the Iraqis where the controversial Tigris deal was discussed.
71 staff saw kickback note
A SECRET cable outlining Iraq’s demands for kickbacks was opened by more than 70 officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs, according to documents released by the Cole inquiry.
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