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message from our Chairman
Dear shareholders,
This has been a very important year for Telstra and will, I believe,
be recognised as such in the years ahead. This year we have made
decisions to begin reshaping Telstra, decisions heralded by the arrival
of your new Chief Executive Officer, Sol Trujillo.
I welcome Sol on behalf of all shareholders. His broad range of experience, including strong credentials in change
management, in a career spanning 30 years across several telecommunications companies operating in more than
20 countries around the world, will be invaluable to Telstra. Sol has made it very clear that everything we do at
Telstra will be centred on customers.
Your Board began the process of more actively engaging with all our key stakeholders to ensure that our
customers across Australia have access to the best telecommunication services available.
We affirmed our commitment to providing services to rural and remote Australia through our continued focus
with Telstra Country Wide and to our legislative obligations.
We also reaffirmed our commitment and belief in Telstra working hand-in-hand with the community and
governments to provide jobs, stimulate growth and promote the innovation in telecommunications needed
to make sure Australia succeeds in the 21st century.
This year has been punctuated with debate about the selling of the Federal Government’s remaining shares in
Telstra – T3 – and the regulatory framework in which Telstra will operate following full privatisation.
It is your Board’s and management’s view that regulations should allow all Australians to receive the best services
at the best prices and that this country has a world class telecommunications industry to serve its people,
its enterprises and its communities – no matter where they are located.
Ultimately Telstra will and must operate in the regulatory environment designed by
the Government. We will do our best to represent the interests of our shareholders
and customers in all discussions and in doing so we believe we will be working
to deliver the best possible outcome for Australia now and in the future.
It is worth noting that we believe Australia must have an industry-focus to
deliver the best telecommunications services to everyone. This will not be
achieved by Telstra alone.
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