We now know that Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has resigned after the network outage. It has generally been welcomed but we should be concerned. Singtel the parent company has welcomed her resignation but it was Singtel that was responsible for supplying the software that allegedly caused the outage. What this highlights is an important weakness in our corporate system. As more and more Australian corporations are subsidiaries of global corporations we find that our companies are Australian in name only. This in turn means that in a climate of deregulated capitalism our sovereignity is at risk for decisions concerning our vital infrastructure are made in boardrooms over which we have no control.

Hi BAYGON,

The resignation of Optus CEO - Ms Bayer Rosmarin
should not be surprising.

This mess shouldn't be about any individual CEO.
It should be as you point out making sure that
millions of Australians have access to the
essential services that they need. Such as being
able to call 000 in an emergency, having access to
government services. Being able to make and take
essential payments. Being able to contact family
and loved ones and so on.

The Senate needs to examine solutions such as
stronger regulations for telecommunications companies.

The government needs to know exactly what went wrong
and how to fix it - and do it quickly so that it
doesn't happen again.

Who cares, apart from Optus customers: all of whom didn’t get the message when Optus allowed their personal details to be disclosed. Not very bright to continue using such a company.

I suggest that, rather than “welcome” the CEO's resignation, the parent company ‘suggested’ it. The lady is not a good look for the women-can-do-everything-better-than-men brigade.

The “weakness in our corporate system” is stakeholder capitalism and getting involved in politics. Unlike real politicians, these dipsticks can be pulled into line by customer boycotts. The market sorts them out, not regulation and Big Brother communism.

The lesson for everybody in this technological ballsup is KEEP CASH.

Hi BAYGON,

Optus has had problems.

It suffered a massive data breach last year that affected
10 million Australians and which resulted in 10,000
customer's medicare cards, passports, driver's licences
being stolen and leaked online.

Now 14 months later Optus was hit by a 12 hour outage
that prevented more than one third of Australians from
accessing the internet and receiving cell service.

We're told that more than 200 emergency calls could not go
through to the triple zero line.

All this certainly demands government investigation when
so many have been affected.

Doing nothing is not a viable option for a responsible
government.

The CORRUPT LIBERAL POLITICIAN Big Nose Gladys, her name has been put forward as a possible replacement! Would she run Optus in the same way as she ran the NSW Government through pillow talk with "Lover Boy" Daryl? We don't need a corrupt politician like Berejiklian running anything, let alone a large telco!

ACT Greens member Johnathan Davis has been stood down after allegations he engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with a teenage boy of legal age and a minor.

Looks like another senior green paedophile, the second one called Jono.