Telstra Corporation
Type	Public (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS & NYSE: TLS)
Founded	As part of the PMG - 1901 As various agencies d/b/a Telecom Australia - 12 June 1975[1] As a company - 6 November 1991[2]
Headquarters	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key people	Donald McGauchie, Chairman Solomon Trujillo, CEO
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Voice Mobile Internet access Pay TV
Revenue	$23.8 billion AUD (2007, [1])
Net income	$3.28 billion AUD (2006, [2])
Employees	35,706 full time (June 2007, [3])
Slogan	Australia's connection to the future
Website	telstra.com

Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access, 50% of Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite and ADSL services under the BigPond brand), business data services, and cable television. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOVD Articles that have been linked to this page are the subject of an NPOV dispute (NPOV stands for Neutral Point Of View; see below). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 242 pixelsFull resolution (1099 × 332 pixel, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) Telstra Corporation Limited (ACN 051 775 556, ABN 33 051 775 556) â„¢ Trade mark of Telstra Corporation Limited ® Registered trade mark of Telstra Corporation Limited © Telstra... 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History

Telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG). On July 1, 1975, separate commissions were established by statute to replace the PMG. Responsibility for postal services was transferred to the Australian Postal Commission (Australia Post). The Australian Telecommunications Commission (ATC), trading as Telecom Australia, ran domestic telecommunication services. PMG manhole in a city street, Perth, Western Australia. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Postal Commission was established on July 1, 1975 after the disaggregation of the Postmaster-Generals Department. ... Australia Post is the government-owned postal service of Australia. ... The Australian Telecommunications Commission, trading as Telecom Australia, was established on July 1, 1975 after the disaggregation of the Postmaster-Generals Department. ...

In 1989 the ATC was reconstituted as the Australian Telecommunications Corporation. The Australian Telecommunications Corporation was the result of a name change by the Australian Telecommunications Commission, effective 1 January 1989, although formal incorporation did not occur until 6 November 1991. ...

In 1992 the Overseas Telecommunications Commission, a separate government body established in 1946, was merged with the Australian Telecommunications Corporation into the short-lived Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (AOTC) which continued trading under the established identities of Telecom and OTC. The AOTC was renamed to Telstra Corporation Limited in 1993. The corporation then traded under the "Telstra" brand internationally, and "Telecom Australia" domestically until 1995, when uniform branding of "Telstra" was introduced throughout the entire organisation. The Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) was established in August of 1946. ... The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation was the short-lived product of the February 1, 1992 merger of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission and the Australian Telecommunications Corporation. ...

Telstra has faced competition since the late 1980s from Optus (Australia's 2nd largest communication company) and a host of other smaller providers. It retains ownership of the fixed-line telephone network, as well as one of two competing pay-TV and data cable networks. Other companies offering fixed-line services must therefore deal with Telstra except Optus, Transact and a few others who have installed their own infrastructure. SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT). ...

Privatisation

Telstra was partially privatised by the Commonwealth Government in two public offerings in 1997 and 1999. On 20 November 2006 Telstra became majority privately-owned, with the government's 51.8% stake reduced to roughly 17.0% after the sale of two thirds of its shares. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See stock (disambiguation) for other meanings of the term stock A stock, also referred to as a share, is commonly a share of ownership in a corporation. ...

These floats attracted a great deal of public interest. Telstra has been a volatile stock due to the dot-com boom and the subsequent drop in value globally of telco stocks.

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) had opposed full privatisation, although previous Labor PM Paul Keating considered a trade sale to BHP. In the past, Labor Party figures (including Lindsay Tanner) publicly considered the idea of a breakup of the company into separate retail and wholesale businesses; this proposal was dropped after opposition from trade unions and the cost of the legal action from the shareholders that would follow. The Australian Greens, the Australian Democrats and key independent Senators Meg Lees and Len Harris held similar positions to the ALP, which meant that any bill for full privatisation was guaranteed to fail in the Senate. ALP redirects here. ... For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). ... A trade sale is a common way of exit to a trade buyer. ... Lindsay Tanner Lindsay James Tanner (born 24 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ... The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. ... The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party which was formed in 1977 through a merger of the Australia Party and the Liberal Movement after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader[1]. The new party was based... Meg Lees Meg Heather Lees (born October 19, 1948) has been the founder and sole representative of the Australian Progressive Alliance in the Australian Senate since 2003, representing the state of South Australia. ... Len Harris was the sole One Nation Party representative to ever gain a seat in the Australian Parliament, representing the state of Queensland. ...

Since the Coalition gained control of the Senate, it passed the sale legislation with a majority of 37-35. In many rural areas, the availability of mobile phone services and broadband internet services, as well as general service quality, remain topics of contention for many rural customers. Ultimately, the National Party supported the sale, drawing criticism from state Farmers Federations, but not the National Farmers Federation. Senator Barnaby Joyce drew criticism for reneging on his campaign promise to oppose the sale of Telstra. Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...

Over the past two years, Telstra's share price on the ASX has fallen and risen in synchronisation with regulatory and governmental decisions that may affect the company's operations. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

Services

Fixed-line services

Telstra owns and operates the majority of PSTN services in Australia. A large portion of Telstra's revenues are generated from fixed-line services, but Telstra has issued profit warnings in the past due to negative growth in the fixed line market. A shift from fixed line services is underway as local call volume falls^[3] and the uptake of mobile telephony increases. The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concatenation of the worlds public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concatenation of the worlds public IP-based packet-switched networks. ...

A typical Telstra payphone

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Telstra also owns and maintains the majority of Australia's public telephones. It was announced^[4] that Telstra would remove many of the phones, citing unprofitability due to vandalism and the increasing takeup and use of mobile telephones. Payphone A payphone or pay phone is a public telephone, with payment by inserting money (usually coins) or a debit card (a special telephone card or a multi-purpose card) or credit card before a call is made. ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure, a symbol or anything else that goes against the will of the owner/governing body. ... Cellular redirects here. ...

Mobile telephony (Telstra MobileNet)

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MobileNet services are available in post-paid and prepaid payment types. Telstra provides GSM, NextG and CDMA (until early 2008) Prepaid Mobile services, via Telstra Pre-Paid. This service has previously been branded under a number of different names, including "Zip", "U", "communic8", and "Telstra Pre-Paid Plus". 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

In late 2005, Telstra announced that it would replace its CDMA network with a new UMTS network incorporating HSDPA running at 850 MHz, later to be known as Next G. 850 MHz was chosen over the usual 3G 2100 MHz as it can cover much greater geographic distances. This network was implemented under contract by Ericsson as part of a project internally dubbed "Jersey" and launched on 6 October 2006. The CDMA network will continue to run until 28 January 2008 ^[5], however, migration onto the Next G network has already begun for customers who are pre-paid, still under contract, or have expiring contracts. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... High-Speed Downlink Packet Access or HSDPA is a mobile telephony protocol. ... Ericsson () NASDAQ: ERIC. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is a leading provider of communications networks, related services and handset technology platforms. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rural Telstra exchange building, located in Karawinna, Victoria.

The current 3G WCDMA/UMTS network operating on the 2100 MHz band is provided by a joint venture between Telstra and Three, whereby Telstra acquired half of Three's radio network and pays half of expansion/maintenance costs. This has enabled Three customers to gain access to the GSM network where 3G coverage is non-existent via a reciprocal agreement. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 798 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Telstra telephone exchange located in Karawinna, Victoria, Australia File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 798 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Telstra telephone exchange located in Karawinna, Victoria, Australia File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Karawinna is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... 3 is a brand used for nine mobile telecommunications networks in Europe, Asia and Australia. ...

Telstra was one of the only regional providers to provide i-mode services (running on GSM/GPRS and 3G 2100 MHz WCDMA on one particular handset), licensed from NTT DoCoMo. Telstra no longer sells i-mode, and this service will no longer be available to existing customers after December 10, 2007, with current customers being able to recontract with a new handset without incurring early termination charges. With the launch of the Next G network, Telstra now offers more advanced value added services such as mobile TV (branded Foxtel), and other generic internet services (BigPond Mobile, formerly Telstra Active). NTT DoCoMos i-mode is a wireless Internet service popular in Japan and is increasing in popularity in other parts of the world, such as the Israel (Cellcom being the main company to sell i-mode phones and service there). ... A building of NTT DoCoMo in Shinagawa, Tokyo. ... is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Historically, Telstra attempted to break through to the value added services such as video streaming and content via its CDMA/1xRTT network with a service called Telstra MobileLoop. This offering was not commercially successful, and was abandoned in favour of a GSM i-Mode offering, and later Telstra Active 3G services which has now become Bigpond Mobile services and operates on the GSM, 3G 2100 and Next G networks. Telstra also is the only Australian mobile network provider supporting EDGE.[4] Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) or Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), is a digital mobile phone technology that allows it to increase data transmission rate and improve data transmission reliability. ...

Internet (Telstra BigPond)

Telstra Wholesale

Due to their ownership of existing copper phone lines and telephone exchanges, Telstra Wholesale is the incumbent and dominant wholesaler of ADSL related services to other Internet Service Providers. They installed the first DSLAMs in exchanges prior to 2000, and began wholesaling access in late 2000.^[6] Siemens DSLAM SURPASS hiX 5625 A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. ...

Broadband

Telstra, through its retail Internet Service Provider, BigPond, sells broadband internet access via ADSL, HFC cable, fibre, satellite, and wireless access through its EV-DO and Next G networks. At the end of the 2007 financial year BigPond had over 2 million broadband subscribers ^[7]. The existing customer base of Bigpond Wireless is currently being migrated over to the Next G network, which offers higher speeds and greater coverage. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Telstra BigPond is Australias largest Internet service provider providing internet services such as ADSL2+, cable, dialup, satellite and wireless broadband (using EVDO and HSDPA under the Next G brand). ... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ... Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. ... 6 or 15cm outside diameter, oil-cooled cables, traversing the Grand Coulee Dam throughout. ... Optical fibers An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... For the use of the term in networking, see Wireless networking. ... Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only, abbreviated as EV-DO or EVDO and often EV, is one telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access. ... High-Speed Downlink Packet Access or HSDPA is a mobile telephony protocol. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

On November 10, 2006, Telstra made two major changes to their ADSL network. The first was an increase of the cap of wholesale ADSL speeds offered from 1.5 Mbit/s/256 kbit/s to 8 Mbit/s/384 kbit/s. Telstra also released an ADSL2+ broadband service offering speeds of up to 24 Mbit/s from exchanges where competitors are already offering ADSL2+ services. "Because of regulatory constraints, the up to 20 Mbit/s service would be limited to [telephone] exchanges where competitors are also offering those higher speeds," says Justin Milne^{[citation needed]}, Telstra's group managing director of its BigPond division. Telstra does not wholesale its ADSL2+ product. is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also Internet in Australia. Internet access was first available in Australia to universities via AARNet in 1989. ...

Dial-up

Telstra, through its retail Internet Service Provider, BigPond, sells dialup internet access, which is also offered as a Pre-Paid service. Telstra BigPond is Australias largest Internet service provider providing internet services such as ADSL2+, cable, dialup, satellite and wireless broadband (using EVDO and HSDPA under the Next G brand). ...

Subscription television

Telstra's Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) Cable network is one of the delivery systems used by the Australian Subscription Television provider Foxtel, 50% of which is owned by Telstra. Telstra also resell Foxtel's "Digital" products in Foxtel's service area (as Foxtel by Telstra) and Austar's "Digital" product, in Austar's service area (as Austar by Telstra). Foxtel is a subscription television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ...

Directories and advertising (Sensis)

Sensis: is Telstra's wholly owned advertising and directories arm. Sensis publishes Australia's White Pages and Yellow Pages telephone directories, and in 2004 purchased the Trading Post, a classified advertising periodical. In addition, they manage several websites: Image File history File links Sensis. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the use in computing, see Yellow Pages (computing). ...

• Trading Post: Classified in Print, online and mobile
• Yellow Pages Online: an additional revenue source compared to print
• Sensis.com.au: an Australian search engine
• WhereIs.com: online maps and street directories
• CitySearch: city-based lifestyle and entertainment guide
• GoStay: online accommodation booking
• LinkMe: business networking directory
• JustListed: a real estate site focused on the Sydney market
• Home at Yellow: a home improvement website
• SouFun: a China-based property website

Sensis are also responsible for all of Telstra's telephony directory assistance, from basic 1223 (National Directories), 12455 (Call Connect), 1225 (International Directories) and premium (1234.)

Market position and power

Market share data, Sept 2005

Telstra's market dominance extends beyond its historical PSTN voice and private data business, into newer markets such as Internet Access, Hosting, and Colocation services. In spite of competition from both foreign and domestic challengers, the former PTT is perceived to have retained a strong grip on many of the country's most profitable customers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1069x731, 245 KB) Summary Original PDFs of this picture are made freely available at http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1069x731, 245 KB) Summary Original PDFs of this picture are made freely available at http://www. ... A postal, telegraph, and telephone (or PTT) is or was a government agency responsible for postal mail, telegraph, and telephone services in many countries worldwide other than North America and Japan. ...

Optus remains the company's nearest rival for lucrative business networks. However, Telstra supplies almost twice as many customers in the ASX200 with Dedicated Internet Access services. SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT). ... The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ...

Telstra is criticised as being monopolistic and anticompetitive by its competitors, and continues to regularly clash with the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) on many allegedly anti-competitive fronts. This topic is the subject of some discussion in investing circles^{[citation needed]}.

Fibre-to-the-node (FTTN)

Telstra is advocating the development of a nationwide FTTN network which, in conjunction with VDSL2 technology, would enable up to 100 MBit/s symmetric download and upload speeds to the home. Competitors, such as the G9, have proposed similar developments, with both Telstra and G9 making progress on various fronts including political and regulatory expectations and funding. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into VDSL. (Discuss) VDSL2 (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2, ITU-T G.993. ... The G9 is a name used in the Australian media to describe a consortium of Australian Internet service providers who, in 2006, publicly stated their intention to join forces under the company name SpeedReach, in order to upgrade Australias telecommunications infrastructure. ...

Telstra has indicated that it will not proceed with building the network until it receives regulatory certainty that it will not be forced to wholesale FTTN access to competitors at rates it believes are unfair.

Advocacy and Debate

Since the arrival of CEO Sol Trujillo, Telstra has become very politically active. Managing Director of Public Policy, Phil Burgess, has publicly decried the condition of government regulation in Australia, claiming it stifles technical innovation. Burgess famously remarked that he "wouldn't recommend Telstra shares to his mother".

Burgess led the development of NowWeAreTalking, a web site where Telstra provides its own views on regulation. This in turn led a group of Telstra's competitors calling themselves T4 to set up a web site in response, known as Tell The Truth Telstra. ^[8]

In February 2007, Telstra launched the Broadband Australia Campaign. This campaign is intended to increase public awareness in broadband, and again set forth Telstra's views on regulation.

On May 17th, 2007, The Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, said that he has never seen a company in Australia attack the independent ACCC in the way that Telstra has done. [5] Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian politician. ... The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent Australian commonwealth government authority established in 1995 to protect consumer rights, business rights and obligations, perform industry regulation and price monitoring and prevent unauthorised anti-competitive behaviour. ...

Employment

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Telstra's employment policies have been the subject of some criticism. On ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) documentary program Four Corners, [6] Telstra Chief Operations Officer Greg Winn was revealed to have stated ""We run an absolute dictatorship and that’s what’s going to drive this transformation and deliver results… If you can’t get the people to go there and you try once and you try twice… then you just shoot ‘em and get them out of the way… "

International expansion

Telstra has expanded into international markets.

• 51% of China's SouFun, a real estate and property website. SouFun will be integrated into the Sensis business and provide Telstra with an entry point into China^[11].
• 50% of Reach, an Asian undersea cable venture, with Pacific Century Cyberworks. This partnership was created during the late 1990s telecommunications boom - it struggled and had its book value downgraded to zero by Telstra in February 2003. Reach's debt was renegotiated in 2004 and it was restructured to operate mainly as a vehicle for its owners' international requirements.
• 76.4% of New World Mobility, the largest mobile operator in Hong Kong with 34% of the market in 2006. Telstra originally acquired 60% of CSL (the former Hong Kong Telecom's mobile arm) from Pacific Century Cyberworks, then the remaining 40%, before merging it with New World Mobility ^[12].
• 100% of TelstraClear, New Zealand's second largest telecommunications provider. It has its own fibre networks in major cities, is building regional fibre backhaul, has a hybrid fibre-coax network providing phone, internet, & TV services (in Wellington, Christchurch and Kapiti), and resells Telecom New Zealand's phone & data services nationwide (including a mobile agreement). The company was formed in 2001 from the merger of subsidiary TelstraSaturn (a 50/50 joint-venture with Austar which had previously acquired ISPs paradise.net and NetLink) and the telco Clear Communications purchased from BT Group plc.
• Telstra Europe - The Telstra Group has been operating in Europe since 1992. Telstra Europe has a customer base of over 7000 customers, who buy data, voice and complex managed network and hosting services [7].

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Sponsorship

Telstra logo up to October 2006.^[13]

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Sporting

Telstra has naming rights to two national sporting arenas, the Telstra Dome in Melbourne and Telstra Stadium in Sydney and is the naming rights sponsor to the National Rugby League. Telstra is also the principal sponsor of Swimming Australia. Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ... This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... This page is for Telstra Stadium, Sydney. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Logo of Swimming Australia Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. ...

New Zealand

Telstra also has the naming rights (under TelstraClear) for the TelstraClear Pacific events centre in Manukau City, New Zealand. TelstraClear is New Zealands second largest full-service telecommunications company. ...

References

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External links

• Telstra Australia
• Next G: Telstra's 3G 850 MHz network
• Telstra Global
• Telstra's "Next IP" Network
• Telstra America
• Telstra Europe
• TelstraClear (New Zealand)
• Telstra BigPond Internet
• Telstra Internet Direct
• Telstra's 3GSM product offering
• Nowwearetalking.com.au, Telstra asks for your say in Australia's telecommunications future
• Sensis corporate site
• OPTUS/TELSTRA How it all works?? (Whirlpool, forum post)
• Telstra T3 Prospectus
• Citizens Against Selling Telstra - Australian group opposed to the privatisation of Telstra
• Telstra Phonewords Business

Screenshot of the Whirlpool homepage Whirlpool is an Australian broadband user web site, started in 1998 by Simon Wright. ...

Data

• Yahoo! - Telstra Corporation Limited Company Profile
• Telstra Corporation stock performance chart from Gstock

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The S&P/ASX 50 index is a stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange from Standard & Poors. ... AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGK) is an Australian company involved in generating and selling electricity and natural gas. ... Alumina Limited is a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. ... Amcor Limited (ASX: AMC) is an Australian-based multinational packaging company. ... AMP Limited building in Melbourne. ... Aristocrat Leisure Limited ASX: ALL is an Australian company, which has its administrative centre in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove, although the majority of its research and development is done at its Rosebery site. ... Asciano Limited (ASX: AIO) is an Australian transport infrastructure and operations company. ... The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited; ASX: ANZ, NZX: ANZ, NYSE: ANZ), commonly called ANZ, is the third largest bank in Australia, after the National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank. ... Not to be confused with Sun Life Financial. ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... BlueScope Steel is a flat product steel producer with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Pacific and North America. ... Brambles Industries is an Australian-headquarted multinational group of companies specialising in logistics, including waste management, document management, and other logistical issues. ... Centro Properties Group Limited (ASX: CNP) is an Australian company (also known as an Australian Stock Exchange listed stapled entity) that is a property investor and manager mainly in shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. ... Coles Group Limited (formerly Coles Myer Limited) is an Australian public company which operates numerous retail chains. ... The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) is one of the largest financial institutions in Australia, founded in 1911 by the Australian Government. ... CSL Limited is an Australian-based manufacturer of medical products. ... It has been suggested that John Fairfax Holdings be merged into this article or section. ... Fosters Group is a beer group with interests in brewing, wine-making and soft drinks. ... General Property Trust Limited (ASX: GPT), trading as GPT Group, is an Australian company (also known as an Australian Stock Exchange listed stapled entity) that is a property investor and manager in Australia, Europe and the United States. ... Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) is an Australian publicly-listed company with its shares traded on the Australian Stock Exchange as ASX: IAG. The company was formed by the demutualisation of the NRMA Insurance business in July 2000 and a return of shares to the members of NRMA. According to... Lend Lease Corporation Limited is an Australian-based multinational property management and investment company. ... Macquarie Bank Limited is an Australian merchant bank and financial services group, providing a broad range of products and services to investors, corporations and government. ... Macquarie Bank Limited is an Australian merchant bank and financial services group, providing a broad range of services to businesses individuals. ... Mirvac Group (ASX: MGR) is a diversified property investment and management group in Australia with more than $20 billion of assets under control across the investment, development, and hotel and funds management spectrum. ... The National Australia Bank or nab (ASX: NAB, LSE: NAB, NYSE: NAB, TYO: 8637) colloquially the National or the NAB. The NAB is part of the NAB Group. ... Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) engages in the exploration, development, mining and sale of gold and gold-copper concentrate. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an Australian media conglomerate company and one of the worlds largest. ... Orica is a multinational corporation that manufactures various chemical products. ... Origin Energy logo Origin Energy ASX: ORG is an Australian gas and electricity company. ... Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, or PBL, is one of Australias major media companies. ... Qantas (pronounced ) is the name and callsign of the worlds third oldest continuously running independent airline behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Avianca. ... QBE Insurance Group Limited ASX: QBE is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe. ... Rio Tinto is a multinational mining and resources group founded originally in 1873. ... Santos Ltd. ... St. ... Stockland is a diversified Australian property development company. ... Formerly Suncorp, Metway, and QIDC, Suncorp Metway is an Australian finance, insurance, and banking corporation and Australias sixth largest bank and fourth largest general insurance group. ... Tabcorp Holdings is an Australian company with interests in gaming and wagering. ... Telecom New Zealand NZX: TEL ASX: TEL NYSE: NZT is a Wellington-based telephone company run as a publicly-traded private company since 1990. ... Toll Holdings is Australias largest transport company, with units or divisions in trucking, rail, sea and air transport. ... Transurban is an Australian transnational Corporation which buys toll roads all over the world. ... Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) is one of Australia’s largest public companies, with its headquarters in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... Westpac Banking Corporation ASX: WBC NZX: WBC, usually called Westpac, is the fourth largest bank in Australasia, after the National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ and one of the largest banks in the South Pacific. ... Woodside Petroleum Limited is an Australian petroleum mining company. ... Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. ... Zinifex is an Australian company which operates two zinc and lead mines, three zinc refineries and a lead smelter. ...