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Annual General Meeting
Telstra’s 2005 Annual General
Meeting will be held on
Tuesday 25 October 2005 at
the Sydney Convention and
Exhibition Centre. Your Notice
of Meeting contains details
about the location and
meeting time.
Dividend Payment
A final fully franked dividend
of 14 cents per share, and an
additional special fully franked
dividend of 6 cents per share
will be paid on 31 October 2005
to shareholders registered
on the Share Register on
30 September 2005.
Financial Calendar 2006
Half-year results announcement 9 Feb
Ex-dividend share trading commences 20 Feb
Record date for interim dividend 24 Feb
Interim dividend paid 24 Mar
Annual results announcement 10 Aug
Ex-dividend share trading commences 21 Aug
Record date for final dividend 25 Aug
Final dividend paid 22 Sep
Annual General Meeting 14 Nov
Welcome to Telstra’s 2005 Annual Review.
The Annual Review is a ‘short form’ overview,designed to
provide you with a concise summary of Telstra’s activities and
financial performance for the year ended 30 June 2005.
The Annual Review does not represent or summarise all
publicly available information about Telstra.There is further
publicly available information about Telstra in our full
Annual Report,as well as information provided to the
Australian Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities &
Investments Commission. To obtain a free copy of the
Annual Report please call 1300 88 66 77.
Electronic Communications
The Annual Review, Annual Report and a variety of public
information on Telstra are available through the Internet at
http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/investor
Shareholders also have the option of receiving Telstra’s
communications including the Annual Review and Annual
General Meeting materials electronically. For further information
please refer to our investor information section on page 65.
Nothing in this Annual Review is or should be taken as an
invitation or application or offer to subscribe for or buy
securities in Telstra.
Telstra Corporation Limited ABN 33 051 775 556.
Front Cover Image
The digital home featured on the cover demonstrates how
we turn ideas into reality at the Telstra Innovation Centres.
Our Innovation Centres display Telstra's latest technologies
in a range of 'real-life' everyday environments.
Our product designers collaborate with our customers to
conceive, design, create and trial new products, to help
fast-track innovative solutions to market.
Our innovative processes are based on customer need –
not technological wizardry.
INVESTOR INFORMATION
P.24 board of directors
P.26 directors’ report
P.34 remuneration report
P.48 concise financial report
P.63 five year financial summary
P.64 Telstra facts
P.65 investor information
PAGE 24
investor information
P.2 message from our
Chairman
P.4 message from our CEO
P.6 senior management
and executive officers
PAGE 2
P.8 consumer and marketing
P.10 business and government
P.12 technology, innovation
and products
P.14 country wide
P.15 infrastructure services
P.16 wholesale
P.17 BigPond®
P.18 Sensis
P.20 FOXTEL
P.21 international
P.22 corporate social responsibility
PAGE 8
business review
Note: timing of events may be subject to change
management discussion