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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;
margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'>“<span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black'>Telstra has
been ordered to pay $18.55 million to the Commonwealth for breaching the Trade
Practices Act and its carrier licence conditions by locking broadband
competitors out of its telephone exchanges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black'>In the
Federal Court in Melbourne this morning Justice John Middleton found against
the telecommunications giant, saying it contravened the act and its licence on
27 occasions between July 2006 and April 2008.</span>“<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Source: <a
href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/telstra-cops-18m-fine-for-exchange-block-20100728-10uwx.html">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/telstra-cops-18m-fine-for-exchange-block-20100728-10uwx.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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