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Vodafone mulls legal action against Telstra over mobile network reach claims
Telecommunications 2025-05-19 1:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Vodafone has referred Telstra to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and is considering taking legal action against its rival, over allegations Australia’s largest telco made deceptive mobile network reach claims.

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Former G+T partner Michelle Rowland named new Attorney-General
Politics 2025-05-12 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has picked a new Attorney-General as part of a Cabinet reshuffle that has seen Mark Dreyfus pushed to the backbench.

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Telstra snags Microsoft Australia head for infrastructure business
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-12 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of Microsoft Australia will make the jump to Telstra’s $15 billion infrastructure business InfraCo, the latest step in the telco’s path to becoming an “AI-fuelled company”.

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TeleChoice close to ‘minimal’ settlement in franchisee class action
Justice Lisa Nichols 2025-04-11 3:15 pm By Sam Matthews

A franchisee class action against TeleChoice, which sought to share in commissions won in separate litigation against Optus, is in settlement talks, but the mobile retailer says the plaintiffs can’t expect much.

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Skyaus hit with $1.3M suit over permit lapse for Optus project
Construction 2025-04-03 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

CPS Technology & Infrastructure has sued subcontractor Skyaus Infrastructure over $1.3 million in loss  allegedly suffered after Skyaus failed to obtain necessary permits for a new Optus facility in the rural village of Anakie.

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Vocus wins ACCC approval for $5B TPG acquisition
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-03-20 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared Vocus’ proposal to acquire parts of TPG Telecom’s business for $5.25 billion, finding the combined entity would face strong competition from other telecoms.

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Telstra fined $626,000 for breaching spam laws
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-06 4:27 pm By Andy Sidler

Telstra has been hit with a $626,00 penalty for sending over 10 million text messages that required customers to log in before unsubscribing. 

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Telstra misled customers about Belong upload speeds, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-21 2:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has found that Telstra misled almost 9,000 residential broadband customers about the upload speeds of its budget internet provider Belong.

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Silk settles fight with Telstra over email bounce-backs
Telecommunications 2025-02-10 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A senior barrister has reached a settlement with Telstra in his suit alleging the telco flagged his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and failed to send them. In a suit filed in July in the Federal Circuit and Family Court, Brisbane-based silk Anthony Morris KC alleged that since an unknown date, estimated to be…

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Telstra cops $394,000 penalty for NBN speed testing failures
Telecommunications 2025-01-29 9:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telstra has paid a $394,380 penalty for shirking its obligation to check internet speeds when migrating customers to the NBN.

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