News and politics live updates: Albanese rejects Joyce China claims over nationwide Australia Telstra outage
Australian political leaders are responding to a nationwide Telstra outage that disrupted emergency services, with some politicians speculating about foreign interference. Telstra executives have denied cyber-attack claims, attributing the failure to internal technical issues while apologizing for the public impact.
Why it matters
The incident has triggered a broader political debate regarding national security, critical infrastructure resilience, and the reliability of telecommunications providers.
LIVE UPDATES: Telstra CEO Michael Ackland says the telco is deeply sorry for a major outage that affected Triple-0 calls while revealing how many customers had been affected.
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