Fed: Howard says Labor must co-operate with tax = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2001
Fed: Howard says Labor must co-operate with tax = 2

Mr Howard said the Liberal Party had nothing to hide.

"I want to get to the bottom of this. If there is anything further, I want to know
about it," Mr Howard told reporters.

"Every section of every political party must comply with the GST laws like everyone else.

"As far as I am concerned, the inquiry will fall where it may because everybody has
got to comply with the tax laws.

"But on the evidence available, the Labor Party is making wildly exaggerated claims."

Mr Howard again declared his support for Mr Macfarlane.

"I think Mr Macfarlane has been a good small business minister," he said.

"I don't believe that Mr Macfarlane set out to mislead the parliament last week.

"If you look at what he said, it is not in conflict with what he subsequently said
in his statement.

"He didn't in the parliament, for example, deny having spoken to anybody. He made the
comment he didn't believe anything untoward had occurred.

"You can't be accused of misleading parliament merely by stating your belief about
what a set of circumstances amounts to."

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