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Double-decker disaster spells trouble for Optus top brass

Elizabeth Knight Business columnist September 29, 2025 — 3.41pm

On the eve of Optus chief executive and the telco’s owner Singtel being hauled into the principal’s office – that of federal communications minister Anika Wells – the timing of the weekend’s second network outage is catastrophic.

The pair of telco executives, Singtel’s Yuen Kuan Moon and Optus boss Stephen Rue, wouldn’t be relishing the upcoming get-togethers with the premiers of South Australia and Western Australia either.

While the latest Optus breakdown , in Dapto, south of Sydney, was limited in scope and without the tragic ramifications that marked the first outage less than two weeks ago, both failures

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