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From: Darren Doody
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:00

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>Every now and again, the media tells me that Telstra has just made a huge
>profit.  My question is simple:  why does Telstra want to make more money?
>Isn't the amount that they're making sufficient - they're presently
>covering costs and making a profit - or so we're all led to believe - 
>so why the desire for more and more $.

>kath

I think you'll find that the big wigs at Telstra are rated on (and
possibly paid by) the profit that the company makes.

The fact that Telstra makes large profits is of no concern (while it
stays publically owned) because we would just be paying more taxes if
the government was not receiving this profit.

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From: doodyd@zeta.org.au (Darren Doody)
Subject: Re: Timed local calls for Internet users...
Date: 1996/08/13
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