Right Pulse

Now it wasn’t too long ago that Telstra was championing a couple of pet left-wing issues by lecturing the country about the failings of ministerial responsibility under Howard and his supposed human rights ‘abuses’, including the need for a statutory bill or rights to control and ensure accountability:

So too is the emasculated principle of ministerial responsibility, which has failed to ensure ministers take personal responsibility for government “excess”, the telco writes.

Give me a break! What about Sol’s excess? A minister gets paid between $150k to $250k. This is just typical left-wing hypocrisy. When Trujillo took over Telstra the share price was $5.06 and today it is $3.03. And before you all say it is the global financial crisis, the share price never went back above the $5 level under Trujillo over the nearly 4 years he was in control. If you recall, the share price dropped heavily after Trujillo started to talk down Telstra and attack the government.

I’ve got no problem with Sol getting what he thinks he can get away with from shareholders, but spare us the holier than thou attitude when it comes to politics.