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The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

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thewest.com.au > news > australia > optus-outage-hits-triple-zero-calls-across-victoria-south-australia-tasmania-and-northern-territory-c-22860089

Optus under fire as emergency calls fail in fresh outage

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (532+ words) Dozens of Triple Zero calls are believed to have been impacted by an Optus network outage across several Australian states and territories, just months after a major Telstra failure caused widespread disruption. Optus confirmed its latest outage lasted for just…...