Telstra has elevated it’s legal proceedings on ‘Senator Helen Coonan’ by asking the corporate watchdog to investigate claims that the Communications Minister misled members of the public on Telstra services availability. This is yet another claim toward the accusation that she unfairly awarded OPEL the tender rights for the Broadband for the Bush initiative.
Mr Irving accused Senator Coonan of having “misled members of the public to believe they are unable to acquire services from Telstra and that they can only acquire those services from Telstra’s availability competitors”.
Telstra believes the documents may help it pursue further legal action against the senator for alleged procedural unfairness in awarding the tender to OPEL. Telstra believes OPEL was the only bidder to be told it could receive funding above $600 million, and that it was given the opportunity to change its bid, contravening the rules of the tender.
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