AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2004
Fed: Vanstone defends Howard over kids overboard claims
Immigration Minister AMANDA VANSTONE has rejected claims that Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD'S
credibility has been further damaged by the resurrection of the children overboard affair.
Senator VANSTONE says she's a great believer in allowing the people to decide for themselves
-- and that's what Mr HOWARD did by releasing the navy video after being told it was inconclusive
before the last election.
Two high-ranking military officers -- Major-General ROGER POWELL and Commander MIKE
NOONAN -- have backed former defence bureaucrat MIKE SCRAFTON's claim that the PM was
told in 2001 there was no evidence that children had been thrown overboard.
Senator VANSTONE has told ABC TV the upcoming election is going to be about where Australia
is going for the future.
AAP RTV mb/jmt
KEYWORD: OVERBOARD VANSTONE (CANBERRA)
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