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Keira Jenkins

FOUND: Telco misdeeds sharpen case for indigenous leadership - What They Never Told You

A adviser notes Optus is not the first major telco to act poorly when selling to Indigenous people. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

Governance failures are costing Australian businesses, with the country's second-largest telco agreeing to pay $100 million for poor conduct.

Optus was recently fined for targeting vulnerable customers, including pressuring Aboriginal people in remote communities not covered by its network to buy mobile phones and other products.

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