Pressure is mounting for the head of Optus to fall on his sword as the under-fire telco tries to move forward from a devastating outage.

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But sacking chief executive Stephen Rue following a service interruption linked to multiple deaths would only give the illusion of action and not address systemic failures in the emergency network, a governance expert says.

Opposition communications spokeswoman Melissa McIntosh added her name to the list of politicians who want Mr Rue out at Optus, saying Australians had lost confidence in him and the network.

"He should seriously be considering his position … every Australian is rightly calling for him to

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