PM will consider Telstra plan

THE Prime Minister has agreed to consider Telstra's calls for the Government to help fund a $5 billion hi-tech telecommunications network in the bush.

Mr Trujillo and Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie flew to Canberra for the meeting after unveiling the telco's record full-year net profit of $4.45 billion in Melbourne.

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