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Tom Wark and Tess Ikonomou

Optus, minister to be grilled as inquiry gets go-ahead

Optus executives will face an inquiry into the triple-zero outage linked to three deaths. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Top Optus executives will be grilled over the telco's disastrous handling of a deadly triple-zero outage along with the minister responsible for the network.

The Senate on Tuesday passed a joint bid by the Greens and coalition for an inquiry into the September outage that is linked to three deaths.

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