JAMES HARDIE'S head of public relations did not insert the words "fully funded" into a 2001 James Hardie press release about a new asbestos compensation trust, the NSW Supreme Court heard yesterday. Greg Baxter, who left James Hardie to become director of corporate affairs at News Ltd in 2004, told the court he was not sure who came up with the phrase that now "embarrassed" him. Mr Baxter was also asked about a James Hardie statement in October 2003, when the trust raised the alarm about insufficient compensation for people falling ill from exposure to the company's asbestos products.