First published May 31
On 29th May Tourism Head James Cretan joined a closed private Facebook group aimed to “mobilise supporters to action”.
How can Mr Cretan claim no conflict of interest when he has joined a group whose stated aim is to actively lobby for a company in which he is an investor … ?
And he is in a key position to lobby for that company to achieve its aims as Chairman of Tourism Tasmania?
The Oxford dictionary defines ‘lobby’ as …
An organised attempt by members of the public to influence legislators.
The Cambridge dictionary defines ‘lobby’ as …
to try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group that a particular thing should or should not happen, or that a law should be changed
Economist John Lawrence did an earlier analysis on Tasfintalk of the cable car prospects …
• John Lawrence: Cable Car conflicts
• John Lawrence: Cable Car Hype
• What the Integrity Commission says …
*Lindsay Tuffin has been a journo since 1969, mainly in Tassie apart from a couple of years wandering around Oz and a few years in Pomland where he edited ‘Buzz’, a magazine dealing with church and social issues (beaten in audit circulation only by Aero Modeller magazine!); and a stint as a Uni chaplain back in Tassie …
