THE MAN WHO IS BEING PAID A WHOPPING $1500 PER DAY TO TELL ABBOTT WHAT GOVERNMENT ASSETS TO PRIVATISE AND WHICH SERVICES TO CUT, HAS LINKS TO COMPANIES THAT PROFIT FROM PRIVATISATION! Mr Shepherd, the chairman of the Business Council of Australia, has already come under scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest arising from his role as head of the premier business lobby group as well as his other directorships and business interests. He is a director of Virgin Australia and the Australian Subscription Television Association, the peak body for the pay TV industry. Until October he was chairman of Transfield Services, a listed company that has several big government contracts including being a contractor on the national broadband network and providing immigration facilities on Manus Island and Nauru. He told a Senate committee last month he is no longer a shareholder in Transfield. REALLY???? From January 14th 2014 (see link below):Mr Shepherd left with more than 200,000 Transfield shares, allocated to his family superannuation fund, on top of his final salary of $380,000. SOURCES: Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-shepherd-urged-to-reveal-interests-20140113-30qv5.html#ixzz2sOQ6ZSnu Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/commission-of-audit-boss-again-challenged-on-conflict-of-interest-20140204-31zcz.html#ixzz2sOQXovLk
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:10:55 +0000
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