Sol Trujillo let of the hook on Estimates appearance

Stuart Corner
Thursday, 09 February 2006 07:45

IT Policy - Regulation

After publicly stating their desire for Telstra CEO, Sol Trujillo, to attend a Senate Estimates hearing, National Party senators have voted against a motion in the Senate that would have required him to attend.

Shadow communications minister, Stephen Conroy, branded the move as "yet another example of National Party Senators taking one position in public then folding like a deck of cards after being heavied by the Liberal Party behind closed doors."

He said: "It was... [Nationals] senator Nash who said '[Trujillo's] presence at Estimates would greatly assist the committee's examination and understanding of communications issues'." It was also senator Nash who described Mr Trujillo's rejection of the committee's invitation to attend estimates as 'appalling' and 'a snub to the people of Australia'."