Singtel Optus intervention in local politics raises security concerns: Optus operates Defence satelite, other intelliegnce and security senstitive infrastructure

by Ganesh Sahathevan 


The world's largest hybrid commercial and military satellite was jointly launched in 2003 by Optus and the Australian Defence Forces. The Optus C1 is the Australian hotbird with 24 commercial Ku-band transponders. It sits at 156°E.


The recent intervention in local politics by Singtel Optus raises questions about the Optus C1 and other arrangements that my be defence and intelligence sensitive. Such arrangements require strict neutrality in matters concerning local politics as a minimum, but that cannot now be said of Singtel Optus.

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by Ganesh Sahathevan



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Singtel 's  Optus subsidiary's  chairman, Paul O'Sullivan , was featured  in The Australian ,March 17 2017:



 



O'Sullivan  has  little if any reputation as a "business leader" apart from that of  chairman Optus. The above letter is therefore, in effect   a letter from among others  Singtel  Optus Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Singtel Ltd of Singapore, owned and controlled by the Government of Singapore via Temasek. 

The letter can therefore be perceived to be  interference by the Government Of Singapore in a matter that concerns  Australian  citizens and voters with regards their laws. 

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