Senator-elect spells out priorities

Senator-elect spells out priorities
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The bustling cafe Mocha Jo's, in the heart of the Glen Waverley shopping centre, seems an unlikely place to negotiate the full privatisation of Telstra.

But to Mocha Jo's did federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan take herself last week to talk to Family First senator-elect Steve Fielding to explain why the Government wants Telstra sold. Clearly worried that the Coalition's one-vote Senate majority will not be enough to get the Telstra legislation through Parliament after July 1, Senator Coonan told Mr Fielding she was keen to make sure he understood everything...