Telstra CEO Vicki Brady apologized for a national outage caused by a software fault affecting trains, transactions, and emergency calls. In sports, France advanced to the World Cup semi-finals. Australian politics features a Labor mayor's push for pokies reform.
Telstra is investigating why its backup systems failed during a recent national outage caused by a software fault in its time systems. The outage impacted mobile, Eftpos, and rail services for nearly five hours. South Australian police are investigating a death during the outage, exploring a potential link to triple zero call failures, though Telstra claims no record of such a failure.
Telstra's recent network failure, mirroring Optus's 2025 incident, has reignited debate over Australia's telecommunications policy. The article argues that prioritizing competition over essential service reliability, a legacy of 1990s reforms, has led to patchy networks and service failures, including for triple zero calls. A call for a national essential services network (ESN) is made.
Millions were affected by a massive Telstra outage, but the opposition, led by Angus Taylor, struggled to criticize the government due to their own team's gaffes, including testing triple zero and unsubstantiated claims of foreign interference.
Telstra customers are still experiencing issues calling triple zero due to a secondary problem from Wednesday's outage. Regional train services in Victoria and NSW remain suspended as Telstra's 4G network interferes with backup satellite phones. Investigations and potential penalties are being considered.
Telstra customers are still experiencing issues with triple zero calls and train services due to a continuing outage. A secondary problem is affecting emergency calls, while a 4G network interference is disrupting regional train operations in Victoria and NSW. Investigations and potential penalties are being considered.
Telstra customers are experiencing ongoing issues with calling the emergency triple zero hotline on Thursday morning due to a secondary problem stemming from Wednesday's national outage. While Telstra reports a 90% reduction in the issue, some calls are still not connecting properly, prompting warnings to use alternative devices.
NSW police watchdog found an inadequate response after officers failed to exit their cars at a reported assault scene where Lindy Lucena was later found dead. While no misconduct was found, systemic issues and procedural delays contributed to the delayed response.
