Major Australian telecom outage blocks emergency calls for dozens in Victoria
An Optus network outage on Friday left dozens of callers unable to reach Triple Zero (Australia's emergency services number) in Victoria, prompting swift criticism from the state's health minister. Victoria's Health Minister Ingrid Stitt characterized the incident as "incredibly disappointing and unacceptable," noting this marks the third major outage from Optus or competitor Telstra in the past 12 months. Victoria Police conducted dozens of welfare checks in the wake of the disruption.
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✓ Verified
- ✓Optus outage on Friday left dozens unable to reach Triple Zero. (Source: ABC News Australia)
- ✓Victoria's Health Minister Ingrid Stitt responded to the outage. (Source: ABC News Australia)
- ✓This was the third outage from Optus or Telstra in 12 months. (Source: Stitt's statement, ABC News Australia)
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- ~Stitt characterized the outage as 'incredibly disappointing and unacceptable.' (Source: ABC News Australia direct quote)
- ~The repeated failures underscore vulnerabilities in Australia's telecom infrastructure. (Source: pattern noted by ABC News Australia reporting)
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