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On March 18, 2003, Howard committed Australia to war in Iraq. But the key advice relied upon by the national security committee was missing from the cabinet papers.
Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government went close to supporting a carbon price in 2003. They also show why it was killed off.
Today a trove of cabinet papers have been released for the year 2003. They show how the Howard Cabinet quickly approved the controversial decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq. But much of the government's deliberations are still secret, with records from the National Security Committee remaining sealed.
High-level discussions about Australia's decision to enter the Iraq War and a deadly virus that swept the world have been revealed in cabinet papers from 2003.
Newly released cabinet papers have shed light on Australia's decision to invade Iraq, but a lot remains unanswered.