{
  "id": 723045,
  "title": "Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/telstra-ceo-gets-700-000-pay-rise-to-6-8m-despite-australia-wide-723045",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T02:16:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/13/telstra-ceo-pay-rise-vicki-brady"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Telstra's chief executive, Vicki Brady, received a total pay of $6.8m for the year ending in June. This amount includes a $700,000 pay rise from the previous year's total of $6.1m. The pay rise comes despite a nationwide outage in July that affected millions of users.\n\nThe outage led to Telstra's board cutting senior executive bonuses by a total of $1.3m. Specifically, Brady's bonus was docked by $607,000, which represents a 20% reduction.\n\nThe company's financial results were reported on Thursday, following a board meeting on Monday that decided on the bonus cuts.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/telstra-ceo-gets-700-000-pay-rise-to-6-8m-despite-australia-wide",
        "published": "2026-08-13T02:16:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}