Australia news live: Telstra warns of ‘secondary issue’ after yesterday’s network outage; trains in regional Victoria cancelled again

Telstra is addressing a secondary technical issue following a widespread national mobile outage in Australia that disrupted emergency services. The company is urging customers to use alternative networks or devices if they encounter errors while attempting to dial triple zero.
Why it matters
Reliable access to emergency services is critical infrastructure, and failures in these systems pose immediate risks to public safety.
Late last night, Telstra confirmed a secondary issue flowing on from yesterday’s widespread national mobile outage that affected calls, including triple zero.
The report is a factual account of a technical service disruption and company response.
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