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作者：唐古拉 在 众议院 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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AWB retains monopoly
Reporter: Sally Sara
First Published: 12/02/2006
SALLY SARA: The view from the paddock. And there seems to be a fairly even view about the need to continue with a single-desk monopoly for wheat exports.Riding point for the Government on this issue is Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister, Mark Vaile.
SALLY SARA: Mr Vaile, does the Government owe an apology to wheat growers for failing to keep track of this issue?
MARK VAILE: No, I don't think so, Sally. We've worked closely over the years with wheat growers right across Australia and of course as one of our dominant agricultural commodities that we trade across the world, we've had in place the structure of the single desk and it's been there fundamentally because of the distorted global markets. And we don't do any of those things in Australia. The one thing we do do is we have a mechanism to allow our grain growers to market their bulk commodity into the markets of the world and that's called the single desk. We've continued to argue the case for that whilst those other distortions in the global market place still exist.
SALLY SARA: But really this single desk needed to be monitored more closely, didn't it? Hasn't the reputation of Australian wheat now been damaged?
MARK VAILE: I don't think the reputation of Australian wheat or Australian wheat growers has been damaged. There's no evidence of that yet. We obviously are very concerned about the current situation. But by the same token, we continue to say that we're the only country out of about 66 countries that had companies operating within the Oil-for-Food Program that has taken the action that we have in establishing a commission of inquiry with wide-ranging investigative powers.
SALLY SARA: Mr Vaile, what is your bottom line here for the AWB to stay on as the sole trader under the single desk, or are its days numbered now?
MARK VAILE: What AWB has been up to and the way they've been operating and the investigation that's taking place should be kept separate from any debate about the future of the single desk.
SALLY SARA: So if that is a separate debate, if you're going to hang onto the single desk, surely AWB has done its dash now, though, you've lost the head of AWB, its time is over?
MARK VAILE: That may need to be a decision that is taken at the end of the process of the Cole inquiry. We need to wait until that inquiry is concluded and that set of conclusions are delivered to the Government. Then a decision needs to be taken then whether or not any change is needed and I think that we need to get to that point before we start talking about or considering whether the AWB should continue or not to be the custodian of the single desk.
SALLY SARA: But how much deeper would they need to get into this scandal before you decide this is not the kind of company you want at the single desk?
MARK VAILE: Well, I think it's only fair that this inquiry be concluded and then we need to have a look at the structure and the operation of the single desk as it relates to AWB then. And we need to take all those things into account as well as the circumstances that exist and have existed in Iraq.
SALLY SARA: Mr Vaile, what about the Government's running on this issue? We've seen you in Parliament, but the man doing the interviews and the public face of this during the past week hasn't been you, it's been the Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer. Why has the Government taken that decision when it's an important issue for farmers and also an important trade issue?
MARK VAILE: It's a very, very important trade issue and a very, very important issue for farmers and also one in terms of our international standing across the world. We've all been doing our fair share of media, we've all been doing our fair share of work behind the scenes in ensuring that all the information that needs to be made available to the Cole commission of inquiry is. Sally, can I just say this: if the Government had anything to hide or if DFAT had anything to hide, do you think that we would have established the Cole commission of inquiry with the wide-ranging powers - not just that we say he has to investigate this, but last Friday he actually said that he has a wide enough power in this to investigate the Commonwealth and officers of the Commonwealth as well as the people in the companies involved?
SALLY SARA: But, Mr Vaile, you didn't have any choice. Is that really a justification? Could you have gone on and completely ignored this? There were warning signals more than three years ago coming from the media and also we've seen from those inside the industry and officials who are operating in this area - alarm bells were ringing and the government didn't hear them.
MARK VAILE: No, just remember, Sally, this program, the Oil-for-Food Program, was run by the United Nations under the UN 661 sanctions committee - Iraq program. They ran this program, they oversaw the contracts and they certified and signed off on all the contracts.
SALLY SARA: Contracts stamped by the Australian Government, Minister.
MARK VAILE: Just let me finish. Then, after the Oil-for-Food Program concluded, they established their own inquiry, the Volcker inquiry. That had to run its course. The government and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cooperated fully with the Volcker inquiry, as we did encourage the AWB to work closely and cooperate fully with the Volcker inquiry. When it was completed, and it brought down its report last year, we then acted on some of those recommendations and that was to very quickly establish our own inquiry in Australia. So from the time that the Oil-for-Food Program ended or concluded, the Volcker inquiry started and ran its course - as soon as it was finished and the recommendations came out, we started the Cole commission of inquiry and that is part-heard today. We have not been sitting on our hands on this, Sally.
SALLY SARA: Mark Vaile, thank you very much for your time.
MARK VAILE: Thank you very much, Sally.
SALLY SARA: Just one final note, for the moment, on the AWB drama - the Cole inquiry is due to report by the end of March. I'm certain we'll have more on this issue in the coming weeks. 
作者：唐古拉 在 众议院 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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