Telstra boss awarded pay rise despite July outage

Telstra CEO Vicki Brady has been awarded an 11 per cent pay rise totalling $6.84 million, despite a severe outage in July that affected thousands. “Myself and the senior executive team did have remuneration reduced for FY26, for me, that was a 20-point reduction in my short-term bonus,” Ms Brady said. “In forming that view, the board really looked at our initial investigation where we’ve been very transparent. There were things within our control that triggered the outage, so they formed the view to recognise that. “Accountability was taken in the form of an adjustment to FY26 remuneration.”