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Telstra CEO Vicki Brady defended the company's decision against providing blanket compensation to customers affected by a recent major outage. The issue is now the subject of a Senate inquiry regarding consumer rights.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the tension between corporate responsibility and consumer protection in essential telecommunications services.
Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady has confirmed the company wrote to 8.8 million consumer and small business customers over last week’s outage, but says she does not expect all of them to receive compensation.
Balanced reporting of corporate defense and political scrutiny.
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