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DIRECTORS’
DECLARATION
Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities 175
This Directors’ Declaration is required by the Corporations Act
2001 of Australia.
The Directors of Telstra Corporation Limited have made a
resolution that declared:
For and on behalf of the board
(a) in the Directors’ opinion, the financial statements and
notes of the Telstra Group for the financial year ended 30
June 2015 set out on pages 70 to 174:
(i) comply with the Accounting Standards applicable in
Australia, International Financial Reporting
Standards and Interpretations (as disclosed in note
1.1 to the financial statements), and Corporations
Regulations 2001
(ii) give a true and fair view of the financial position of
Telstra Corporation Limited and the Telstra Group as
at 30 June 2015 and of the performance of Telstra
Corporation Limited and the Telstra Group, for the
year ended 30 June 2015
(iii) have been made out in accordance with the
Corporations Act 2001.
(b) they have received declarations as required by section
295A of the Corporations Act 2001
(c) at the date of this declaration, in the Directors’ opinion,
there are reasonable grounds to believe that Telstra
Corporation Limited will be able to pay its debts as and
when they become due and payable
(d) at the date of this declaration there are reasonable
grounds to believe that the members of the extended
closed group identified in note 25.1(a) to the financial
statements, as parties to a Deed of Cross Guarantee, will
be able to meet any obligations or liabilities to which they
are, or may become subject to, under the Deed of Cross
Guarantee described in note 25.1(a).
Catherine B Livingstone AO
Chairman
13 August 2015
Sydney, Australia
Andrew R Penn
Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director