Telstra Group announced a new share buyback of up to A$1 billion after reporting higher annual profit and core earnings for the year ended June 30, 2026, while also disclosing reduced executive bonuses over July's network outage that disrupted Triple Zero emergency calls. The company said attributable profit rose 3.2% to A$2.24 billion from A$2.17 billion, below a Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$2.30 billion, while the newer report also described net profit as A$2.4 billion and core earnings of A$8.2 billion on revenue of A$22.9 billion. Telstra raised its full-year dividend 10.5% to 21 Australian cents a share, 90.5% franked, completed a A$1.25 billion buyback in June and forecast FY2027 EBITDAaL of A$8.5 billion to A$8.8 billion and cash EBIT of A$4.75 billion to A$4.95 billion. CEO Vicki Brady's remuneration rose 11% to A$6.8 million even after the board cut her bonus over the outage, and the company said further clawbacks remain possible pending an external investigation. Shares fell in Thursday trading after the results.