With the Optus blame-game now in full swing, unwelcome attention is spreading to one of the telco’s most senior executives – former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian.

Despite tabloid press camping in her driveway over the weekend, she has been valiantly trying to keep her head below the parapet since last week’s disastrous outage that could have played a hand in multiple customer deaths.

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has been keeping a low profile.Credit: Dallas Kilponen

It isn’t that Berejiklian is responsible for any part of the technical debacle that blocked hundreds of people from accessing Triple Zero emergency services, more that her fingerprints are nowhere to be seen in the subsequent disaster management.

Strictly speaking, it is not Berejiklian’s job to manage communications, but calling on her expertise to help in discussions with state premiers, the federal government and the communications regulator would seem like a no-brainer.

Instead, Optus chief executive Stephen Rue appears to be sitting alone in the bullseye of the dartboard. Maybe Berejiklian doesn’t want any of that disaster dust to soil her standing.

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