Austar
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 1 episode found for "Austar".
Oct 20, 2026
S8 Episode 2: Grit — 30th Anniversary of VWL: Three Decades of Change
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20:08Deanne WeirGUEST
I mean, as an in-house lawyer, that was sort of where I started.
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20:13Deanne WeirGUEST
And I had an incredible, you know, nearly 10 years at Telstra and then 10 years at Austar.
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20:20Deanne WeirGUEST
But I was, I was general counsel, but then I actually, in both areas, I broadened out it, particularly at Austar, broadened out to a much broader commercial role as well.
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20:30Deanne WeirGUEST
So the lawyers worked for me, but I also worked had corporate strategy and investor relations, corporate affairs, and sort of the whole content side of the business.
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20:40Deanne WeirGUEST
And it was really much more of a business role, if you like.
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30:03Deanne WeirGUEST
And it became very clear to me very quickly that we had the team who could, we could turn the business around.
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30:09Deanne WeirGUEST
We knew where we needed to go.
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30:12Deanne WeirGUEST
And I mean, what was part of the reason that I actually jumped ship to join, because it was, I knew Austart was having some challenging times.