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The Sydney Morning Herald

Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.

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smh.com.au > national > victoria > police-conduct-welfare-checks-after-39-triple-zero-calls-fail-due-to-optus-outage-20260911-p60wpb.html

Police conduct welfare checks after dozens of Triple Zero calls fail due to Optus outage

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (397+ words) Updated September 11, 2026 — 10:32pm,first published 9:05pm Dozens of Triple Zero calls struggled to connect to the Telstra national emergency line because of an Optus outage on Friday, Triple Zero Victoria says. Victoria Police said it was completing welfare checks on impacted callers…...

The Sydney Morning Herald
smh.com.au > technology > telstra-had-no-shortage-of-warnings-before-its-outage-how-did-it-miss-them-20260904-p60ujq.html

Telstra had no shortage of warnings before its outage. How did it miss them?

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (497+ words) September 6, 2026 — 2:49pm Last week, Telstra published a review into its major outage in July. While many commentators were focused on the coverage of chief executive Vicki Brady being on holiday when disaster struck, or whether China was behind the outage, the…...

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smh.com.au > technology > telstra-s-only-two-timing-experts-had-been-sent-home-to-rest-before-network-fell-over-20260902-p60tmw.html

Telstra’s only two timing experts had been sent home to rest before network fell over

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (698+ words) September 2, 2026 — 10:47am The only two Telstra engineers with deep expertise in the system that failed in July had been sent home on mandatory rest by the time the national mobile outage they had unwittingly triggered took hold, an external investigation has…...