Outgoing SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid’s next career move is taking up a senior role at Telstra. The telco announced a major shake-up of its senior management today with Ebeid joining the company to head up it’s Enterprise Division. Ebied announced her was stepping down from his role leading SBS a fortnight ago after seven […]
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30 Jul 2018 /
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has fired off another round of criticism aimed at Australian companies supporting marriage equality. This afternoon Dutton gave a speech to a Liberal National Party conference in Queensland and took aim at Alan Joyce, the prominent gay CEO of QANTAS. “Mr Joyce is an exceptional CEO — he’s a good person […]
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18 Mar 2017 |
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Telstra CEO Andrew Penn has published a statement announcing the telecommunications company has returned to actively supporting marriage equality. “Telstra supports marriage equality. Last week we advised that out of respect for the individual our view had been that we would not add further to the debate on marriage equality ahead of a plebiscite or parliamentary […]
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18 Apr 2016 |
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Three of Australia’s queer business associations have released a statement calling for the LGBTI community to withdraw business from Telstra. The call comes as Telstra rescinded public support for Australian Marriage Equality, reportedly due to pressure from the Catholic Church. Brisbane Gay and Lesbian Business Network (GLBN), Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Business and Enterprise […]
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15 Apr 2016 |
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Telstra CEO Andrew Penn has released a statement addressing yesterday’s announcement that the telco would no longer publicly support Australian Marriage Equality. Telstra faced a wave of online backlash from the LGBTIQ community and allies, condemning the organisation for capitulating to pressure from the Catholic Church to withdraw support. Penn’s statement reinforced the company’s official […]
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14 Apr 2016 |
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‘The Australian‘ has reported that telecommunications company Telstra has scaled back support from Australian Marriage Equality’s campaign. Last year the company was featured in a series of newspaper advertisements that showed businesses that supported the call for marriage equality. Now the company has pulled back it’s support following pressure from the Catholic Church. ‘The Australian’ has […]
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13 Apr 2016 |
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