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Singtel’s Optus brand on the nose in Australia

ANALYSIS: Singtel was supposed to be a stable and cashed-up parent for its subsidiary Optus but is now accused of milking the company for profits, paying no tax, and failing to deliver critical services.

WATCH: NBR senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Simon Shepherd.

Underarm’s children are continually berating him for using this or that streaming service because it has links to weapons manufacturing, or for purchasing products or booking holidays on platforms that are deemed unethical, but these exhortations are usually ignored more out of laziness than

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 15 Oct 2025
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