A
Abeles, Peter
ABN Amro
Adler, Lindy
Adler, Rodney
backer of One.Tel
Cranbrook, at
FAI
James Packer and
launch of One.Tel
One.Tel
belief in industry
co-ownership of
offer to resign from board
remuneration
resignation as director
return of capital
rumoured resignation
sale of shares in
Sourcenet
trading gold
wealth of
affidavits
ASIC, by
Lachlan Murdoch, by
Peter Walker, by
Allan, Col
Allied Express
Alston, Senator Richard
Amazon.com
value of
America’s Cup (1960s)
AMP
Ansett Airlines
ANZ Bank
Imagineering
One.Tel’s unauthorised overdraft
Apostolou, Natalie
Apple Macs
1981
Arcom Pacific
Arthur Anderson
Ashton Tate
Austin, Justice
Australian Communications
Authority (ACA)
complaints about One.Tel
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
One.Tel
action against
complaints about
damages claim by
slamming complaints
Australian Federal Police raid of One.Tel’s offices
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
chief of, quotes from
James Packer, speaking to
Lachlan Murdoch, speaking to
One.Tel
affidavit about
criminal breaches, investigation of
deduction of deferred costs
filing of accounts
investigation of 1999 accounts
Packer–Murdoch investment
raid of offices of
search warrants
statement of claim
Australian Stock Exchange halt of trading in One.Tel shares
suspicious One.Tel trades
B
Bailey, Andrew
Bankers Trust
bonuses paid to One.Tel’s directors
investment
Imagineering, in
One.Tel, in
Barnes, David
financial controller
resignation
Basman, Mark
Bavin, David
BDO Nelson Parkhill
audit of accounts
reprimand by ICAA
Steve Hodgson
Beaulieu Holdings
Beck, Kevin
fixed-wire business, report on
remuneration
resignation of Jodee and Brad
TeleOne
Begun, Alice
Bell Labs research facility
Bell South
Bergeren, Shanti
Betsis, George
Bezos, Jeff
Billings, Jason
Billington, Toby
Black Friday
Blake Dawson Waldron
Bond, Alan
Brenner, Phillip
British Telecom
Broszon, Vicky
Browning, John Moses
BRW Rich List
Brad Keeling
Jodee Rich
BSkyB
Burke, Pat
Butler, Grant
Byrnes, Jim
C
Cable & Wireless
Cadzow, Jane
Chenoweth, Neil
Cisco Systems
civil action
One.Tel’s directors/chairman, against
Coldstream Partners
collapse of One.Tel
James Packer, effect on
Jodee Rich, effect on
Kerry Packer, effect on
Lachlan Murdoch, effect on
Commonwealth Bank
Cessna Citation jet bought from
Imagineering
Computers
boom
Cranbrook, at
making money through
1981, in
Computershare
Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH)
director of operations
FAI’s shares in One.Tel, buying
new chief executive
return of capital
Corporations Law
criminal breaches, investigation of
Costello, Peter
Coutts, Professor Reg
Cranbrook
primitive computer
Crystal Seven Life Changing Centre
Cutting, Tracy
D
Dalley, Helen
damages
One.Tel’s directors/chairman, action against
Datascape
Davey, Bruce
Davnet, stock market crash
dBase III
De Simone, Joe
Demtel
Deng, Wendi
Devoe, David
Diamond, Gerry
Digate, Chuck
Digicall
collapse of
float of
Dorigad
dot-coms
Australian internet companies
ending in tears
1990s boom in
rocketing share price
share market crash
dstore
Durie, John
E
eBay
ecorp
float
stock market crash
eisa
stock market crash
Elliott, Geoff
Ericsson
Ernst & Young
F
FAI
chairman
office space for Jodee at
One.Tel investment in
remuneration
stock options
sale of shares to Packers
Fairfax, John
Fairfax, Warwick
Cranbrook, at
Fairfax Newspapers
Packers keen to buy
Falloon, Nick
Family Law Act agreement
Farrell, Graham
feng shui
Ferrier Hodgson
administrator
angry creditors, calls from
besieged by One.Tel customers
financial press, knowledge of
One.Tel’s strife
First Direct
collapse of
First Pacific
Fleetwood, Paul
Lime City connections
Flight Centre
Fok, Canning
UK licence auction
Foster Stockbrokers
Foxtel
Free Time 24x7
Fujitsu
G
Gates, Bill
Black Friday
Gilbert, Detective Senior
Sergeant Helen
Gilbert, Steve
resignation from Board
sale of One.Tel shares by
Global One
Goldman Sachs
Gomes, Victor
Government
criticisms of Rich and Keeling
spectrum sale to One.Tel
Greaves, John
civil action against
damages claim against
directors’ bonuses, justifying
return of capital
rumours about standing down of
sale of shares to Packers
wealth of
Green, Martin
Greiner, Nick
GST
flash report figures
introduction of
H
Hale, David
Hartogen Group
Hawker Britton
Hedley, Rohan
Hernon, Fran
HIH
Hill Samuel
Hockey, Joe
Hodgson, Steve
bad debt provisions
fixed-wire business, report on
remuneration
Holmes, Tim
Hooper, Narelle
Howard, Prime Minister John
Lachlan Murdoch talking to office of
One.Tel bosses, criticisms of
Hunter Douglas
Hutchison
Telecommunications
Next Gen network, sale to
opposition for One.Tel
spectrum auction
Hutchison Whampoa
UK licence auction
I
IBM PC
Imagineering
bad debts
chairman of board
corporate philosophy
distributor, as
due diligence process
First Pacific
float
going concern qualification
growth of
hardware
High Rollers
huge losses
insolvency
interest bill
International Dealer of the Year
Lotus 1-2-3
meteoric rise
motivational weekends
1981
1984
1985
1986
1988
1989
1990
1991
Operation Big Brother
parties
Price Waterhouse
privatisation
problems inside company
removal of Jodee Rich as managing director
Ultra PC
VisiCalc
insider trading laws
insolvency of One.Tel
end of 2000, from
March 2001, from
insolvent trading
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Australia (ICAA)
One.Tel’s accounts
internet
Australian internet companies
J
Jacob, Ashok
Jacobs, Phil
payout to One.Tel
screaming matches with Jodee Rich
Japanese stock market
J.D.R. Fisheries
Jones, David
Joukhadar, Emily
K
Kalara Investments
Keeling, Brad
administration of company, telling staff of
background of
bonuses paid to
offer to repay
civil action against
damages claim against
farewell to staff
father of
feng shui
Harston House
Jodee Rich
collapse of One.Tel
partnership with
relationship with
tension between
marketing flair
notice of sale/transfer of assets
One.Tel
consultancy fees
co-ownership of
remuneration
stock options
raid on home of
resignation
return of capital
wealth of
Keller, Dan
Kelly, Andrew
Kidman, Nicole
King, Rob
Kirkman, Brian
Kleemann, Geoff
Knight, Elizabeth
Knott, David
Kroger, Michael
Kumagai Gumi
L
La Greca, Steven
audit of accounts
reprimand by ICAA
Lacy, Christine
directors’ bonuses, questioning
Landerer, John, CBE, AM
Lecky, Sue
Lee, James Paris
Lewis, Michael
Liberty One
boom and bust
stock market crash
Lime City
launch of
Link Communications
Long, Adam
Lotus
Lotus 1-2-3
1981
Lowy, David
Lowy, Frank
Lucent
Alcatel, collapse of deal with
deal with
interest payments to
loss by
Next Gen network
proposed rescue deal for
repossession of
UK conquest
Luhrmann, Baz
Lynch, Grahame
M
Macourt, Peter
deal offered to Lucent
Malouf, Bill
Mansfield, Bob
launch of One.Tel
market madness
Martyn, Malcolm
McCrann, Terry
McDonald’s Australia
McGeough, Paul
McNealy, Scott
Mercantile Mutual
Merrill Lynch
investigation of One.Tel’s finances
telecommunications conference
Microsoft
1981
millennium kids
Miller, Darren
mining stocks
mobile phones
growth of market
market deregulation
Moignard, Stephen
Morrison, Kevin
Motorola
Moulin Rouge
Murdoch, Lachlan
ASIC investigators speaking to
business acumen
Cannes Film Festival, at
mother, like
One.Tel
affidavit
collapse of
crisis meeting
enthusiasm about
invitation by James Packer
loss of $575 million
potential actions by
administrator against
press release about investment in
role of
potential actions by
administrator against
defence to
Prime Minister’s office, talking to
track record in business
Murdoch, Rupert
Cannes Film Festival, at
New York meeting with
One.Tel
loss of $575 million
own finance director looking after investment
sharing blame about
soaring share price following investment
supportiveness of
Murdoch family
closeness of
financial strength
investment in One.Tel
own finance director looking after
mobile network, involvement in
Packer family, rivalry with
rights issue, underwriting
Mychasuk, Emiliya
N
Nassif, Natasha
National Times
NetJ.com
News Ltd
annual general meeting
chief executive officer
chief legal counsel
New York office
Next Generation mobile
network
call centre staff
cash flow of
community feelings about transmitters
connections failing to work
credit checks, removal of
Hutchison
Telecommunications, sale to
national launch
plan to launch
repossession by Lucent
rescue deal to Lucent
roaming agreements
sale of
targets
TV ads
ninemsn
Nokia
Nolder, Diane
Norman, Greg
O
O’Connell, Peter
O’Hare, Sarah
launch of movie career
Olympics opening ceremony
One.Card
float of One.Tel
sale back to One.Tel
One.Net
float of One.Tel
launch
sale back to One.Tel
One.Tel
accounting
practices
systems
accounts
anonymous email about
deferred payments to creditors
‘flash report’
management accounts
administrator
appointment of
business as usual
preliminary report
second report
American investment in
amount needed to keep company alive
annual report
directors’ bonuses
losses
ANZ, unauthorised overdraft
ASIC investigators, raid by
Australia’s Top 30, in
Australian Federal Police, raid by
Australian ski team, sponsorship of
autocracy
bad debts
bad management
bandwidth, buying
battle with Optus
Beliefs and Values
billing system problems
birth of idea
board
board meetings
amount needed to keep company alive
company’s cash levels
emergency
minutes
resignation of Jodee Rich and Bradley Keeling
rewriting of minutes
rights issue
bonuses paid
British office
building business to sell
bullying culture
BYO SIM cards
call centre
errors by
Kerry Packer touring
tricks of the trade
camaraderie
cash, forward estimates of
cash flow
anonymous email about
problems
chaos inside
anonymous email about
clawbacks
Coldstream Partners
collections area
colour scheme of offices
compensation paid by Optus
corporate culture
credit checks, removal of
creditors, deferred payments to
customer base, sale of
customer complaints
slamming complaints
customer numbers
damages claim ACCC, to
Telstra, against
deal with Optus
debtors, categories of
Deep Throat
directors’ bonuses
dude, the
due diligence process
early growth of
email, ban on
Europe
conquest of
sale of businesses
finance
anonymous email about
‘flash report’
management accounts
managers
massaging of accounts
no departmental budgets and profit centres
PBL’s finance director looking over
positive forecasts by Jodee Rich
recruitment for
fish tanks
fixed-wire division
half as profitable as budgeted
flat management structure
float of
businesses not included
compliance listing
prospectus
forecasts
European businesses
Jodee Rich’s belief in
positive, by Jodee Rich
Free Time 24x7
Ghostdogperil
global conquest
Global Strategy
government criticisms of
One.Tel bosses
Jodee Rich baffled by
growth of
halt of trading in shares
Hong Kong office
Imagineering, compared with
incompetence at
information and billing system
initial business plan
insolvency of
end of 2000, from
March 2001, from
insolvent trading
allegation of
ignorance not necessarily a defence
laws
personal liability of directors
ISD service
James Packer as shareholder
Jodee Rich
bad debt provisions
baffled by criticisms of
belief in forecasts
bonuses paid to
consultancy fees
fixed-wire business, report on
‘missing revenue’
co-ownership by
positive forecasts by
remuneration
resignation
return of capital
$75 million cash promise
stock options
unpopularity in business community
Kalara Investments
‘Key Messages’
launch
Lime City
launch of
loan from One.Tel UK
local call business
losses by
Los Angeles office
losses
annual report
Australia, in
disguising
fixed-wire division
local call business, by
massaging of accounts
offshore operations, by
$2 billion
$291 million (1999-2000)
loyalty bonuses
scrapping of
Lucent
deal with
interest payments to
loss by
milking the customer
‘missing revenue’
mobile network
financing of
Next Generation
money flow with Optus
Netherlands office
new fees charged by
Next Generation mobile
network
call centre staff
cash flow of
community feelings about transmitters
connections failing to work
credit checks, removal of
Hutchison
Telecommunications, sale to
national launch
plan to launch
repossession by Lucent
rescue deal to Lucent
roaming agreements
sale of
targets
TV ads
1996
no buyers for
No 1, aiming to be
official opening
One.Badge
One.Bill
One.Bill1
One.Sys
One.Sys4
One.Team
operations behind budget
$50 million, by
warning about
opposition
Optus
bonuses
Optus logo, battle over
termination of agreements by
overseas offices
Packer-Murdoch investment in
soaring share price following
Paris office
poor billing system
PR strategy
prepaid mobiles, sale of
profitability
Project E
prospectus for float
‘pump and dump’
red telephone box
return of capital
rights issue to rescue
company
cancellation of
roaming agreements
sales, paramountcy of
search warrants
$75 million cash promise
ASIC affidavit
share buyback
share market crash
share price, lowest level
share price, rocketing
financial press on
shares, halt of trading in
SIM cards
BYO
sent out activated
slamming complaints
spectrum
Australian auction
blowing budget by $200 million
buying
need for
‘One.Tel’ auction
staff
farewell by Brad Keeling to
laid off
turnover
STD service
Summa4 switching equipment
target for 2005
Third Generation (3G) network (UK)
$300 million needed for solvency of
UK business
loan from
sale of
UK network
unable to pay debts
value
1995
1999
2000
voicemail service
warning signs
winding up
young people, employment of
Onisforou, Theo
Open Telecom
stock market crash
Optus
battle with One.Tel
carrying One.Tel’s calls
compensation paid to One.Tel by
cost to lay out mobile network
investment in One.Tel by
loyalty bonuses to One.Tel
scrapping of
money flow with One.Tel
One.Tel’s deal with
resellers
roaming agreement from
termination of agreements with One.Tel
‘Yes, Today’ promotion
Orange (Hutchison Telecoms)
opposition for One.Tel
Orange (UK)
Vodafone buying
O’Reilly, Cameron
Ord Minett
P
Packer, Clyde
Packer, Gretel
Packer, James
ASIC investigators speaking to
collapse of One.Tel
Cranbrook, at
friendship with Jodee Rich
future head of Packer empire
future vision of
Jodee Rich
close contact with
friendship with
resignation
rights issue to rescue company
summoned to office of
Lachlan Murdoch’s reliance on for feedback
loan by
misled, claiming to be
mother, like
Nick Falloon, sacking
One.Tel
ardent believer in
collapse of, reaction to
crisis meeting about
decision to cut losses
invitation to Lachlan Murdoch
knowledge about what was going on
loss of $375 million
potential actions by administrator against
power play between father and son
remuneration
rights issue to rescue company
shareholder
Sonera’s potential investment
spectrum auction
stock options
Sydney Morning Herald journalists
true believer in
potential actions by administrator against
defence to
Prime Minister’s office, talking to
resignation of Jodee and Brad
Rodney Adler and
rumoured resignation
Senator Richard Alston, dining with
Super League fight
Sydney Morning Herald journalists
Packer, Jodhi
Packer, Kerry
cardiac arrest
collapse of One.Tel
concern that One.Tel might run out of money
Global Strategy, opinion of
health problems
heart bypass surgery
instincts of
investment in One.Tel
breaking rules of Kerry Packer
tension with James about
Jodee Rich dressing down
meeting with
opinion of
key to success
kidney removal
transplant
meetings with
memorial service for Clyde Packer
office decor
One.Tel call centre, touring
collapse of
crisis meeting about
decision to cut losses
loss of $375 million
meeting about cash flow problem
power play between father and son
review of cash position
Optus Vision
the Goanna
tips by
wagers by
Packer, Ros
Packer, Sir Frank
Packer family
Arctic P
Crown Casino
cruise of Greek islands with
Ellerston
Murdoch family, rivalry with
Pay TV
soaring share price following
Palm Pilot
Parker, Alicia
Pascoe, Michael
Passlow, Wayne
Patrick, Aaron
One.Tel’s share price
threatened defamation action against
PBL
chief executive
finance director of
One.Tel service, using
plunging into the red
PGE
Philip, Ian
Packers’ decision to cut losses
Pickles, Graham
Pinnock, John
Poseidon
Potts, Brent
Powers, Brian
Pretty, Ted
One.Tel
co-ownership of
remuneration
stock options
Price Waterhouse
audit of Imagineering by
Primus
Primus Australia
Q
Qantas
R
Rader, Stephen
Randall, Sam
Rafter, Pat
raids
homes, on
One.Tel offices, on
Reinfrank, Rudolf
resellers for Optus
complaints from
deception of
generous deal for One.Tel
knowledge of One.Tel’s deal
Rich, Gayl
aquarium leasing business
marriage
meeting Steven
1970s
1980s
Rich, Jodee
academic prizes
age 9-12
age 18
ageing process, interest in
Airlie Beach property
aquarium leasing business, aged 12
assets
notice of sale/transfer of
overview of
transfer to Maxine
biochemistry degree
birth
boats
Brad Keeling
relationship with
tension between
cars
Cessna Citation jet
charter pilot
civil action against
collapse of One.Tel
computers
Craigend
sale of
Cranbrook, at
damages claim against
dominance of
economics and law, studying
Family Law Act agreement
family man
father
feng shui
first corporate customer
flying planes
freezing of assets of
helicopter
HSC result
Imagineering see Imagineering
James Packer, friendship
with
loss of
loss of Imagineering
media profiles of
media siege of Vaucluse home
medicine, studying
money, attitude to
mother
not listening
One.Tel see One.Tel
optimism of
overdraft request, aged 12
passport, surrender of
personality test, aged 16
press
raids on home of
resignation from One.Tel
Rodney Adler, meeting
roller-blading
school, at
Sourcenet
Sydney University, at
teenager
TeleOne
transfer of assets to Maxine
unpopularity in business community
vocational guidance
wealth of
Whitsundays property
Woodwark Bay
Rich, Maxine
cruise of Greek islands
Family Law Act agreement
freezing of assets of
launch of One.Tel
transfer of assets to
wedding
Rich, Nici
wedding
Rich, Steven
birth
education
Imagineering
chairman of board
resignation from board
marriage
meeting Gayl
Next Gen
1960s
Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal
social conscience
Rich family
eccentricity
family home
Rich Family Trust
Richardson, Ian
Richheimer, Hugo
Rigi Digi
Ritchie, Peter
free phones to
Roadhound
Roberts-Thompson, Barry
Rockefeller, David
Ross, Nick
Russell, Kevin
Ruttan, Doug
S
Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal
Sausage
Savva, George
Free Time 24x7
no credit checks on customers
resignation of Jodee Rich
Scott, Brian
search warrants
Sharma, Ben
Shaw, Tim
Sherman, Steve
administrator
business as usual, promise of
preliminary report
second report
Silbermann, Mark
accounting systems, responsibility for
bad debt provisions
civil action against
damages claim against
fixed-wire business, report on
Geoff Kleemann, talking to
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of South Africa
‘missing revenue’
notice of sale/transfer of assets
raid on home of
remuneration
resignation of Jodee and Brad
TeleOne
$20 million shortfall, denying
wealth of
Singapore Airlines
Skase, Christopher
Slattery, Michael
Slessar, Sandy
Solution 6
Sonera
investment in One.Tel falling through
Vodafone UK buying
Soros, George
Sorrenti, Vince
Sourcenet
Sourceware
South Sea Bubble
Southern Cross consortium
spectrum
Australian auction
‘One.Tel’ auction
One.Tel blowing budget by $200 million
One.Tel’s need for
purchase by One.Tel
Spike, stock market crash
Spring, Chris
Stibbard, Mark
Stirling, Rob
Stirling, Warton, Williams
Stone, Eugene
Stoner, Lee & Browning
Strathfield Car Radio
float plans
Stump Jumpers
Sun Microsystems
Switkowski, Ziggy
Sydney Morning Herald
Brad Keeling
James Packer lunching with journalists
One.Tel, statements about
Sykes, Trevor
T
Tech Pacific
creditor of One.Tel
wreckage of Imagineering, rising from
telcos
ending in tears
1990s boom in
rocketing share price
share market crash
telecommunications
surviving in business of
Telecommunications Industry
Ombudsman (TIO)
complaints to
knowledge of One.Tel’s strife
letter to One.Tel by
unpaid fees
TeleOne
creditors of One.Tel
Jodee Rich and
offices, establishing
ownership
registered office
Telstra
carrying One.Tel’s calls
damages claim by One.Tel against
resellers
roaming agreement from
The Source
Third Generation (3G) network (UK)
Ticketek
Toronto Dominion Bank
3Com
Traveland
U
United Kingdom
licence auction
loan from One.Tel UK
Third Generation (3G) network (UK)
US Nasdaq crash
Black Friday
V
Virtual Mobile Network
VisiCalc
Vodafone
carrying One.Tel’s calls
Orange in UK, buying
resellers
valuation of, in 1996
Vodafone Airtouch
Vodafone UK
Sonera, trying to buy
W
Walker, Peter
affidavit by
Warton, John
Wasinski, Stefan
Weston, Chris
Westpac
Imagineering
overdraft request, aged 12
Winters, Terry
Y
Yahoo!
value of
Yates, Peter
deal offered to Lucent