Article: BRIEFING - ASIA AGRIBUSINESS - OCT 19, 2006.

An executive briefing on agribusiness for Oct 19, 2006, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

AUSTRALIAN GOVT'S SPENDING ON AWB LEGAL FEES REACHES US$1 MLN

CANBERRA - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's department has spent almost $A1.3 million ($US980,395) on legal fees for the inquiry into AWB's (ASX:AWB) Iraq kickbacks.

The final figure is expected to be much higher, with that amount covering the first five months of Commissioner Terence Cole's investigation of the $A290 million in illicit payments made by the wheat exporter.

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