Telstra Impasse with Govt Solved
- Telstra Corporation compulsorily acquird by the Commonwealth
- Merged with Australia Post to generate communications synergy
- Renamed to the "Post-Master General's Department" (PMG)
- Payphones restored to many areas to facilitate equitable access
- SingTel-Optus satellite system compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth,
and renamed to "AUSSAT" to facilitate rural broadband access
- Trujillo and his amigos replaced by a new Director-General of Posts and
Telegraphs, Professor Alan Fell's
- International telephony interests concentrated into a new Overseas
Telecommunications Commission (OTC), to enable focus on this important area
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