[Greens-Media] Greens' bill would block Campbell Smartcard bid

[O'Toole, Michelle (Sen B. Brown)]

Wednesday 13 June 2007
Greens' bill would block Campbell Smartcard bid
Greens Leader Bob Brown will tomorrow introduce his Lobbying and
Ministerial Accountability Bill to the Senate. The bill would prevent
ex-Smartcard minister Ian Campbell's potential to have a role in
managing the $1.1 billion Smartcard project for the Howard government.
"The Greens bill aims to stop just this sort of self-advancement by
ex-ministers by providing for post-separation restrictions on the
employment of ministers and ministerial advisers for two years after
leaving Parliament. 
"It also requires serving ministers to divest shares into a blind trust
and the registration and regulation of lobbyists," Senator Brown said.
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