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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sir/Madam</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Marr's and Marion Wilkinson's article
about the oil-for-food kickback scandal was devastating (They backed the
scam to the bitter end, SMH, April 17). It is, as they say, one of the most
extraordinary failures of government in the nation's history.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soon after reading the story, we heard oil had hit
$70 a barrell. In 1996 BHP sent a 'gift' of wheat worth $US5 million 'in
the hope of winning oil rights once sanctions are lifted'. BHP clearly knew that
global oil production would peak within the decade. It knew oil would
become increasingly scarce and more expensive from now on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The real story is not the AWB paying kickbacks, is
it? No, the real story is all about maintaining oil supplies. The question
is not so much whether the Government knew about AWB kickbacks. It is
this. Was the Government complicit with BHP in its efforts to secure
future oil supplies? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nick and Jenny Goldie<BR>256 Baroona
Road<BR>Michelago NSW 2620<BR>Ph: 02 6235 5488 (w) 02 6235 9190 (w
and ah)<BR><A
href="mailto:horehound@netspeed.com.au">horehound@netspeed.com.au</A>, <A
href="mailto:jgoldie@snowy.net.au">jgoldie@snowy.net.au</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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