Dick Adams Lyons, Australian Labor Party
2:33 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the government’s nomination of a close personal friend of the Prime Minister, Mr Geoff Cousins, to the Telstra board. Isn’t the CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association, Mr Stuart Wilson, right when he says:
Cousins’ nomination virtually guarantees board instability.
John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
The answer to the honourable gentleman’s question is no.