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home / archives / 1978 / 23rd February
 

Profit!

In 1978, under Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, The Post Master General's Department was broken into two corporations, Australia Post and Telecom Australia. Telecom was a public telephone Commission - originally the aim had been for it to be self funding - non profit. At this point Telecom had just announced a huge profit.