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Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage

Published: 8/13/2026, 1:37:17 AM 1 source(s)
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Telco board cuts senior executive bonuses by total $1.3m after tech fail that affected millions Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Telstra has paid its chief executive, Vicki Brady, $6.8m for the year ending in June, after docking 20% of her bonus in response to the network’s nationwide outage in July. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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