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Telstra exec bonuses on the line in wake of Australia-wide outage · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinami it with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Senior Telstra executives may not receive
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  Speaker 1: their annual bonuses after the telco suffered its worst outage
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  Speaker 1: in a decade. The disruption caused chaos across the country
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and hundreds of people were unable to contact
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  Speaker 1: emergency services after a Y two K style software glitch
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  Speaker 1: dialed the network back to two thousand and six. Telstra
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  Speaker 1: CEO Vicky Brady returned from an overseas holiday on Friday morning.
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  Speaker 1: She told the media it's up to the board if
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  Speaker 1: the telco's most senior executives receive their bonuses in the
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  Speaker 1: wake of the outage.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you another executive voluntarily offered the surrender your bonuses
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  Speaker 2: given this.
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  Speaker 1: Happened over your watch.
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  Speaker 2: Look, our focus right now has been on getting the
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  Speaker 2: issue fixed, making sure all of our customers are back
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  Speaker 2: up and running, and then making sure we get the
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  Speaker 2: investigation done. We again have very clear processes and governance
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to bonuses and remuneration. That process will
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  Speaker 2: happen and it will be overseen by our board.
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  Speaker 1: Brady said she takes full accountability for the outage, and
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  Speaker 1: defended the company's decision to sack thousands of staff over
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  Speaker 1: the last few years.
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  Speaker 2: So my view of what I've seen so far is
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  Speaker 2: our people and our processors worked as they should have
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  Speaker 2: as the incident occurred, it was identified, and then we've
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  Speaker 2: worked to rectify it as quickly as possible. There is
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  Speaker 2: no indication that any restructuring of jobs has impacted on
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  Speaker 2: this particular issue.
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  Speaker 1: Telstra CFO Michael Ackland previously said the company would consider
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  Speaker 1: compensating people affected by the outage. Communications Minister Annika Wells,
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  Speaker 1: who was also on leave at the time of the incident,
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  Speaker 1: blasted Telstra on Friday for telling her about the network
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  Speaker 1: meltdown just minutes before Brady was informed what had happened. Megan,
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  Speaker 1: the Duchess of Sussex, is rumored to be reuniting with
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  Speaker 1: her husband Rince Harry in the UK this week. Harry
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  Speaker 1: traveled to London alone for a series of engagements related
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  Speaker 1: to the Invictus Games, but was also in town when
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  Speaker 1: the High Court handed down its decision in his privacy
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  Speaker 1: case against The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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  Speaker 1: Meghan and the couple's two children, Archie and Lilibet, stayed
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  Speaker 1: home in California after Harry's request for taxpayer funded security
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  Speaker 1: was declined. But so also say Meghan's trip across the
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  Speaker 1: Pond is back on, though she and the children won't
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  Speaker 1: participate in any public appearances while they're in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: Veteran broadcaster and former Senator Darren Hinch has died, aged
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  Speaker 1: eighty two. Hinch was known as the human Headline for
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  Speaker 1: his long and storied career in the Australian media, as
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