Edmund Rouse (b. 1926 or 1927, d. Melbourne, July 28, 2002)[1] was an Australian businessman and political figure. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone He spent three decades as the chairman of Tasmanian media company ENT before being embroiled in a political scandal in 1989. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd was a Launceston Tasmania, Australia based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the A political scandal is a Scandal in which Politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal corrupt, or Unethical As chairman of logging company Gunns he offered $110,000 to Labor MP Jim Cox to cross the floor. Logging is the process in which Trees are cut down for Forest management and Timber. Gunns Limited ( is a major Forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. The Honourable James Glennister "Jim" Cox (born 1 October 1945) is a Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian In Politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines especially where this is considered unusual or controversial The bribe was an attempt to prevent the Labor party forming an alliance with the Tasmanian Greens, and to secure the return of the Liberal government of Robin Gray. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder Robin Trevor Gray (born 1 March 1940 in Kew Victoria) is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Tasmania Cox reported the bribe to the police, and Rouse was ultimately given a three year prison sentence. [2][3]
References
- ^ "The fatal hubris of Edmund Rouse", Don Woolford, AAP General News (Australia) July 30, 2002
- ^ "The rise and fall of Edmund Rouse", Stephen Tanner, Australian Studies in Journalism, pp. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 72–89, 1995
- ^ "Bribe scandal boss Rouse dies", Australasian Business Intelligence, August 2002
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