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Telstra fined for failed ID checks that led to fraud

Telstra has been fined over a quarter of a million dollars for failing to carry out required identity verification checks to protect customers from fraud.

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Audit identifies cause of Telstra's nationwide outage

An internal GPS card incorrectly registered the year as 2006, which caused catastrophic failures as it spread throughout Telstra's network.

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Aussie shares fall as uncertainty hangs over markets

Miners have sold off sharply after fresh strikes between the US and Iran sent oil prices higher, while bond yields soared as inflation fears swelled.

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Telstra system behind outage understaffed, underfunded

A system update that caused a widespread Telstra outage was not tested after coming back online, with the two technicians who made the change sent home.

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Isaac Heeney dumped as face of own company amid Sydney Swans commercial fallout

Heeney’s name and image removed from 5th Quarter Camp promotions while book stores stop sale of children’s series Little Isaac Footy Fever

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

Telco board cuts senior executive bonuses by total $1.3m after tech fail that affected millions

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'Accountability taken': Telstra execs pay outage price

Telstra's CEO is among 10 senior leaders paying the price for a major nationwide outage as the telco's board docks executive pay by nearly $2 million.

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Telcos could be forced to share networks with rivals

The consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into whether customers in areas with little or no mobile phone service can piggyback onto another provider.

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Are the stars aligning? High hopes for profit season

Australia's biggest companies are poised to snap a three-year run of lacklustre profits, but there are concerns about the banking sector this earnings season.

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Canberra landmark has an opening date thanks to new agreement

Detailed planning and design work can now begin.

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Don't want the AusAlert test? Here's how to silence your phone

The 'critical alert' will bypass Do Not Disturb settings.

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A cheap 25-year-old piece of hardware broke Telstra. It’s a wake-up call for other businesses

At a two-and-a-half-hour Senate grilling on Friday, Telstra executives revealed just how bad their catastrophic outage earlier this month was. At its peak, it affected about 45% of calls and data across the telco giant’s national network.

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Neglected software update caused widespread Telstra network outage, CEO tells Senate inquiry

Vicki Brady told senators maintenance staff were unaware of mass outage risk as critical software failure ‘rippled slowly across the network’

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NSW woman arrested over movements of Dezi Freeman – as it happened

The day’s news as it happened

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Warnings ignored over $30k part that crippled Telstra

Despite multiple warnings a bug in a piece of equipment risked causing a major outage, Telstra failed to update or replace the $30,000 bit of tech.

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What is mobile domestic roaming? Here’s why Australia needs this policy

Telstra’s national mobile network outage last week was one of the worst incidents of its kind in living memory.

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‘People could have lost their lives’: Telstra’s apologies fail to quell outage anger

Fallout over the telco’s latest national outage continues, with executives called to front a snap meeting of a triple-zero parliamentary inquiry

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Telstra in the hot seat following widespread outage

A wave of investigations and possible multimillion-dollar fines are in store for Telstra after its third major outage in less than a year.

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Why pay a premium fee for a service that isn’t? How the nationwide outage could hurt Telstra

The telco has long banked on its reputation as having the most stable, widest mobile telco coverage. That is now badly dented

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Afternoon Update: Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’; Derryn Hinch dies; and sailing a 10th-century Viking boat

Vicki Brady admits Telstra knew of the risks posed by a failure of its time-keeping systems

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Senator apologises for linking death to Telstra outage

There's nothing to suggest a person's death in a regional hospital was caused by a Telstra outage, despite claims raised on social media by a Liberal senator.

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Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for outage and admits risk of time-keeping failure was known

Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas while minister Anika Wells says it is ‘time for Telstra to face the music’

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Free rides after Telstra woes hit the brakes on trains

Regional commuters will be allowed to travel for free for two days after a nationwide mobile network outage brought regional trains to a grinding halt.

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Telstra to 'face the music' as anger rises over outages

Telstra is being warned it will be held accountable and could face a $30 million fine as the regulator probes the telco's major system failures.

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