New South Wales residents caught up in Optus data leak will have licence costs covered

 The NSW government says Optus will reimburse licence-replacement fees for customers who have been caught up in the company's massive data breach.

Minister for Digital Government Victor Dominello confirmed Optus would "absolutely" foot the bill for customers to replace their NSW drivers licences if they have been affected by the cyber attack.

"It's a $29 replacement fee but that will then be reimbursed by Optus," he said.

"Optus will communicate with their customers on how they'll actually go about that."

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