Senate inquiry to interrogate whether cheap, out of date device caused outage
A Senate inquiry will investigate Telstra's mass network outage last week, focusing on technology underinvestment. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young highlighted a nearly decade-old device, costing less than $22,000 to replace, as a potential cause for blocking Triple Zero calls. The inquiry questions the telecommunications sector's self-regulation and seeks to ensure critical infrastructure reliability.
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Published 12 Jul 2026, 08:06 UTC · Updated 12 Jul 2026, 08:10 UTC
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