Stokes: Too busy skiing to talk shop
What was said between Seven owner Kerry Stokes and communications minister Stephen Conroy on the ski slopes of Colorado was again the subject of discussion at a media briefing today.
But if reporters expected to gain any juicy tidbits from Stokes who was announcing Seven’s merger with WesTrac Holdings, they were sorely disappointed. Apparently, he was too busy skiing.
The question came from Channel Seven’s Chris Reason and related to media reports last week which pointed out that Stokes’ and Conroy’s meeting while both were on holiday took place just weeks before the government announced it would give free-to-air networks a licence fee rebate worth up to $250m.
But Stokes was adamant that when on holiday mode he doesn’t like to talk shop, particularly with Conroy, who’s hard to keep up with on the ski slopes.
Stokes said: “We didn’t talk about any industry issues. It’s really difficult to have in-depth conversations while you’re skiing.”
