Fed:Telstra handling absurd, says Beazley

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2005
Fed:Telstra handling absurd, says Beazley

Opposition Leader KIM BEAZLEY says the federal government's handling of the sale of
Telstra is absurd.

Finance Minister Senator NICK MINCHIN yesterday said all the government's Telstra shares
could be put into a Future Fund if the conditions were not right to sell them next year.

But Treasurer PETER COSTELLO has ruled out such a move.

Mr BEAZLEY says the disagreement between the two ministers is an absurdity.

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KEYWORD: TELSTRA BEAZLEY (BRISBANE)

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