AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2004
TAS: Butler will no longer comment on domestic & foreign policy
Tasmania's Governor RICHARD BUTLER has agreed to no longer comment on domestic and
foreign policy.
Tasmanian Premier PAUL LENNON says he's spoken to Mr BUTLER, who agrees to no longer
comment on foreign and domestic policy.
He says that agreement is in line with the governor's commitment to former premier
JIM BACON, as stated to the state's Lower House on August the 20th, 2003.
The commitment comes after the former UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq was criticised
by the state Liberal opposition and a federal Liberal senator.
In an address to a business leaders' lunch in Hobart on Tuesday, Mr BUTLER reportedly
said the US reserves the right to beat the living daylights out of anyone who threatens
it.
Hobart's Mercury newspaper says he also warned Australians to be wary of politicians
exploiting the terrorism threat to win votes.
A statement from Government House says Mr BUTLER'S speech should not be misconstrued
as an attack on the US or its president.
AAP RTV las/wz/rh
KEYWORD: BUTLER (HOBART)
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