Friday,
17 October 2025
Emergency roaming should be standard practice

In recent weeks Australians have faced two major Optus outages.

Hundreds of triple-zero calls failed, and at least three deaths have been linked to people unable to reach emergency services.

The government has now introduced a bill to strengthen the triple-zero system.

That’s a welcome move, but let’s be honest: it shouldn’t take tragedy to prompt these reforms.

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