Yesterday, Andrew Penn emerged with one of the most interesting and challenging roles in corporate Australia, with Telstra announcing his appointment as chief financial officer. Is succession in the wind?
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Sensis hangs up on 120 workers
Struggling Telstra subsidiary Sensis will make up to 120 staff redundant nationally following a disastrous profit result on Monday that has left the directories business reeling.
Yellow Pages cooks up a social media FAIL with “Hidden Pizza”
A campaign by Yellow Pages to create social media hype with the promise of free pizza has backfired spectacularly, proving just how irrelevant the clunky old book — and its online arm — is in the age of Google, Twitter and Foursquare, explains Lachy Warton.
Tips and rumours: Trading Post’s Telstra-esque customer service
Billing issues across Telstra’s departments? Never. But don’t worry, the new CEO will take care of all that. Plus, which indigenous activist and intellectual is anxiously scanning YouTube for old modelling footage of herself?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: News Ltd’s alternative agenda on book imports
News Ltd papers may have a secondary agenda in paying so much attention to parallel book imports, a damning report on the Victorian Government’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and the party’s over at The Age.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Public servants get chakras aligned at taxpayer expense!
According to one tip-off today, a federal agency is the talk of the town after forking out $50,000 for a recent two night/three day sojourn at a luxury Southern Highlands resort for the entire staff.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Peter Costello and the alleged ABC bias
Crikey readers weigh in on Peter Costello and whether the ABC does have an editorial bias, the late US Senator Ted Kennedy and the Northern Territory intervention.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: who are potential Bradfield candidates?
Who is the new big name being touted as a possible candidate for the Bradfield byelection? Plus further woes for Qantas, and is Lufthansa more expensive for Australians than Germans?
Tips and rumours: Another boat of asylum seekers?
More asylum seekers … Visy … Sensis
Google/Sensis deal cuts both ways
Could it be that, post-Burgess, we have a kinder, gentler Telstra on our hands, asks AntiGeek.
Tips and rumours
It had to happen. You must check this out - incredible evidence obtained by London police from international rugby league star Andrew Johns during his recent arrest has surfaced. Have a look by clicking here OR doing a search on eBay for item number 120157475744. Trading it in. In June 05, Trading Post had 691,000 unique visits […]
Tips and rumours
Just as well the Prime Minister didn’t claim “mission accomplished” when he visited Ntaria (Hermannsburg) yesterday. His famous “medical checks” of the kids only reached 210 out of 290 of the children at the community, barely 70%. Sensis (Telstra subsidary) staff are not being paid their personal PDP or company bonuses this year even after […]
Democratic struggle not violence: Zimbabwean leader
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, currently visiting Australia, had a full round of appearances in Melbourne yesterday, including an interview with Tony Jones on Lateline and a public lecture in the evening at Melbourne University.
