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Article: FED: Beazley questions government legal advice on Entsch
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- June 10, 1999
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-10-1999
FED: Beazley questions government legal advice on Entsch
CANBERRA, June 10 AAP - The federal opposition today called into question advice from the
government's chief legal adviser clearing embattled Liberal frontbencher Warren Entsch of a
constitutional breach.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley suggested Acting Solicitor-General Henry Burmester, QC, was
trying to please the government when he cleared Mr Entsch of any breach for having a financial
interest in a contract with the government.
The government is standing by the parliamentary industry secretary after he failed to fully
disclose his role in a north Queensland concrete business which won ...