Speaker to investigate Telstra's threat.

Australasian Business Intelligence,  June, 2002  

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ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is no love lost between Telstra and Australian Labor Party Member of Parliament, Lindsay Tanner. On 24 June 2002, Tanner continued to attack Telstra. The giant telco earlier alleged that Tanner had defamed one of its top executives. A possible threat by Telstra to sue Tanner will be scrutinised by the Parliamentary Speaker.

However, Telstra managers do not want to fall out of favour with Labor and its leaders. Earlier, Telstra's chief executive officer, Ziggy Switkowski, met with Labor Opposition Leader, Simon Crean. There is tension because Labor does not ...

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