The eyes of the cricketing world are on Perth. But about that stadium...

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The eyes of the cricketing world are on Perth. But about that stadium...

Jamie Freestone Senior reporter, 9 News Perth November 21, 2025 — 4.00pm Advertisement

Three people dead in the space of in 13 hours, the potential result of a catastrophic triple-zero failure by Optus.

Yet, the Singaporean-owned telecommunications giant still retains its naming rights to Western Australia’s premier sporting venue.

Optus has held the naming rights to Perth’s premier sporting stadium since 2017. But after a string of recent scandals, does it still deserve to?

WA’s Labor government agreed to an estimated $50 million, 10-year naming rights deal in 2017 – much to the disquiet of the stadium’s mastermind, former Liberal premier Colin Barnett.

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