Edmund Rouse
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Edmund Alexander Rouse (1926 – 28 July 2002) was an Australian businessman and political figure. He spent three decades as the chairman of Tasmanian media company ENT, before being embroiled in a political scandal in 1989.
Edmund Alexander Rouse[1] was born in 1926.
Career
Rouse was managing director of media company ENT Ltd from 1969, and was later made chairman. He established television station TNT-9 in 1962.[1]
As chairman of logging company Gunns he offered $110,000 to Labor MP Jim Cox to cross the floor. 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. Cox reported the bribe to the police, and Rouse was ultimately given a three-year prison sentence.[2][3] He spent 18 months in prison.[4]
Honours
In the 1988 New Year Honours, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).[5] The honour was later rescinded.[citation needed]
