TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2006

Nov 16, 2006

17 November 2006

The Manager

Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange 4^th Floor, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Office of the Company Secretary

Level 41 242 Exhibition Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA

Telephone 03 9634 6400 Facsimile 03 9632 3215

ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT

Dear Sir or Madam

Appendix 3X-Initial Director's Interest Notices

In accordance with the listing rules I enclose an Appendix 3X - Initial Director's Interest Notice for Mr Geoffrey Cousins.

Yours sincerely

Port Grati

Douglas Gration Company Secretary

Appendix 3X

Rule 3.19A.1

Initial Director's Interest Notice

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.

Introduced 30/9/2001.

Name of entity	Telstra Corporation Limited
ABN	33 051 775 556

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.1 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director	GEOFFREY COUSINS
Date of appointment	14 November 2006

Part 1 - Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of "notiliable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.

Number & class of securities

NIL

⁺ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

Part 2 – Director's relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder & nature of Number & class of Securities interest Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.
	NIL

Part 3 – Director's interests in contracts

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of "notifiable interest of a director" should be disclosed in this part.

Detail of contract	NIL
Nature of interest	NIL.
Name of registered holder (if issued securities)	NIL.
and class of securities to No. which interest relates	NIL

$+$ See chapter 19 for defined terms.