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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Monday, 18 August 2008 4:35 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> BREAKING NEWS: Dr Phil Burgess resigns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dr
Phil Burgess resigns</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Telstra's
Dr Phil Burgess will leave his position as Telstra's public policy chief
at the end of August to return to the United States.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Telstra
said this afternoon that Dr Burgess will return to his home in Annapolis,
Maryland, in early September to "support his wife, Mary Sue, whose mother
is seriously ill, and to resume his life as an advisor to business and
government on matters related to technology and society, a life he put on hold
to join Sol Trujillo and Telstra three years ago."</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dr
Burgess has been Group Managing Director, Public Policy & Communications,
since July 2005.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>CEO
Sol Trujillo announced today that Burgess would be replaced by David Quilty,
the company's government relations director, who joined the company in early
2006 after serving in various government advisory positions.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>More
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