1 week ago ‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis

The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m still a new minister’: Anika Wells under pressure over Optus saga

Anthony Albanese has publicly backed the communications minister in the wake of multiple Triple Zero outages and three deaths.

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2 w. ago Brisbane news live: Suspicious fire at CWA hall; Miles slams premier’s vaccination stance amid measles alerts

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3 w. ago Emilie and Brady Kiser get matching tattoos following son's death

Emilie and Brady Kiser get matching tattoos honouring their baby boy Teddy after their eldest son Trigg’s tragic death.

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4 w. ago WA Police left in the dark over full extent of Optus outage that left two dead

Western Australia’s police force learned of the full extent of the Optus network outage that affected triple-zero calls at the same time as the rest of the nation on Friday afternoon.

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4 w. ago ‘Not good enough’: At least five customers tried to warn Optus of 000 outage

The embattled telco’s chief Stephen Rue said those warnings weren’t acted on because no Triple Zero failure was detected in the Optus network at the time.

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4 w. ago Optus failure: Newborn’s death ‘unlikely’ to be caused by 000 outage, police

SA Police said preliminary investigations had found while the boy’s family had been impacted by the Triple Zero failure, it most likely didn’t lead to the baby’s death.

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4 w. ago Four deaths confirmed after Optus outage blocked calls to Triple Zero.

A fourth death has been confirmed by authorities following a technical failure during an Optus upgrade blocked calls to Triple Zero in three states for 13 hours.

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4 w. ago Family seeking answers after woman’s death during Optus outage

The family of a 68-year-old woman who died during a widespread Optus outage is seeking answers after her death.

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4 w. ago Optus chief confirms cause of Triple Zero network outage as fourth death confirmed

Embattled Optus CEO Stephen Rue has faced heated questions over the network’s catastrophic 14-hour Triple Zero outage, during which four people in two states died.

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4 w. ago Four death confirmed after Optus outage blocked calls to Triple Zero

A fourth death has been confirmed by authorities following a technical failure during an Optus upgrade blocked calls to Triple Zero in three states for 13 hours.

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4 w. ago Optus CEO confirms cause of Triple Zero network outage as fourth death confirmed

Embattled Optus CEO Stephen Rue has faced heated questions over the network’s catastrophic 14-hour Triple Zero outage during which four people in two states died.

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4 w. ago Optus CEO confirms cause of Triple Zero network outage amid reports of fourth possible death

Embattled Optus CEO Stephen Rue has faced heated questions over the network’s catastrophic 14-hour Triple Zero outage in which three people in two states died.

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4 w. ago ‘Optus has let Australians down’: Minister slams telco after deaths during Triple Zero outage

The federal communications minister says the telco has serious questions to answer after an eight-week-old boy and two adults died during a 14-hour emergency network outage.

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last month SA premier slams Optus amid calls to bolster Triple Zero system after baby boy among outage deaths

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has criticised the telco for a “bewildering” lack of information during the network outage, which lasted at least 10 hours.

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last month Calls to bolster Triple Zero system after baby boy among three deaths during Optus outage

The federal government faces calls to strengthen emergency call systems after an eight-week-old and two other people died during an Optus Triple Zero network outage.

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