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November 18, 2025

Australia news live: Optus fined $800k over phone scam; NSW targets ‘dehumanising’ work systems such as Amazon’s

The telco pays up after scammers exploited ID check weakness at subsidiary Coles Mobile. Follow today’s news liveGet our

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November 02, 2025

Australia politics live: Liberals under pressure after Nationals abandon net zero target; Labor spruiks rise in bulk-billing GPs

Liberal leader Sussan Ley faces fundamental fracture on Coalition climate policy. Follow today’s news liveGet our

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October 05, 2025

Australian telco bosses to be grilled over triple-zero service reliability ahead of summer bushfire season

The communications minister plans to press companies on their legal obligations to protect community safety and procedures to avoid outagesGet our

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October 05, 2025

Sussan Ley faces emboldened conservative backbench after Hastie’s resignation, Liberal MPs warn

Victorian Liberal Sarah Henderson says Perth MP has been ‘sidelined’ for his immigration views but party’s ‘backbench is a very powerful place to...

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September 30, 2025

Optus boss ‘has a lot of work to do’, Anika Wells says after meeting telco in wake of triple-zero outages

Minister asks parent company to appoint external reviewer in attempt to restore Australians’ faith in emergency calls

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September 29, 2025

Anika Wells to meet Singtel’s boss as Optus experiences second triple-zero outage in less than two weeks

Optus says it confirmed the welfare of all callers who called triple zero after an issue affected Illawarra region in NSW

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September 22, 2025

Optus will face ‘significant consequences’ for triple zero failure linked to deaths, minister says

Communications minister Anika Wells says telco has ‘no excuses here’ after last week’s outage linked to three deaths across two states

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September 22, 2025

The government’s promised triple zero ‘custodian’ not yet staffed more than a year after previous Optus outage

Consumer advocacy bodies and Greens say Labor failed to act fast enough to prevent last week’s outage linked to multiple deaths

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September 22, 2025

Australia news live: Optus identifies seven more people unable to call triple zero; Meta to use AI to detect under-18s

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September 21, 2025

Optus admits process not followed after it missed at least five warnings of triple zero outage

Albanese government under pressure to ensure stiff penalties are imposed as emergency management minister blasts telco as “absolutely disgraceful”

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