Telstra’s 000 trip-up
in the community.”
The money will go towards the club’s 10 flagship community programs including Just Think, which educates about the risks of excessive alcohol consumption; Healthy Heroes, for improving young children’s health; and Read the Play, a mental health initiative.
“The 10 programs all make a difference. They all focus on healthy lifestyles and good decision making particularly at youth level,” Mr Cook said. “They’re a diverse group of causes.”
About $250,000 in public donations were topped up by $750,000 by donor groups to reach the target.
If the target wasn’t met, none of the donations would have been processed. But Mr Cook was confident about reaching the goal thanks to the $750,000 commitment from the matched donors. TELSTRA is under fire for its handling of damage to a critical “fibre link” that caused some 000 calls to drop out over a 10-hour period yesterday morning.
There are also concerns that it did not immediately inform emergency services.
Telstra believes lightning struck the cable pit in the
“That’s on the back of raising $16 million last year for our headquarters,” Mr Cook said.
“We add meaningful layers to our club by attracting and supporting these deep dives.
“It gives more meaning for us in the community.” NSW central-west about 2am, causing “intermittent” issues with calls to 000 in NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
However, a Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the closest lightning strike was recorded about 200km west of the site.