Dick Adams (Lyons, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable gentleman’s question is no.