Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Judge orders release of AWB documents
Wheat exporter AWB Ltd has lost its bid to conceal documents relating to the Iraq kickbacks scandal.
The ruling by a Federal Court judge is expected to delay the report of the eight-month inquiry into $290 million in illicit payments AWB made to the former regime of dictator Saddam Hussein.
AWB had asked the court to rule that 900 documents sought by Commissioner Terence Cole QC for his inquiry into the affair should remain secret because they contained legal advice.
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