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Stephanie Gardiner

Warnings of deadly consequences over rural black spots

The inability to reach triple zero in rural Australia can be fatal, a federal inquiry has been told. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Early on Christmas morning, a woman tried in vain to call triple-zero as her husband suffered a medical episode.

She was connected to the ambulance service on the third try but only after she left his side and went outside a family home on the southern tip of Western Australia.

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