In 1989, Tasmanian media magnate Edmund Rouse, Chairman of forestry enterprise Gunns, attempted to bribe Cox with $110,000 to cross the floor of parliament in an attempt to prevent Labor forming government in alliance with the five Green Independents, and attempting to secure the return of the pro-logging Liberal Party government of Robin Gray.
In 1989, Tasmanian media tycoon Edmund Rouse, Chairman of forestry company Gunns, attempted to bribe Cox with $110,000 to switch parties in an attempt to prevent Labor from forming a government in alliance with the five Green Independents and to secure the return of the pro-logging Liberal Party government of Robin Gray.