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The coalition wants a review of the communications minister's spending as she comes under renewed fire for the cost of taxpayer-funded trips.

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge

Communications Minister Anika Wells has been questioned about her handling of a triple-zero outage, as reforms to the emergency network are introduced.

Telco execs, the communications minister, government bureaucrats and the opposition leader will face tough questions when federal parliament returns.

Communications Minister Anika Wells says the telco has “failed the Australian people”.

Australia has foreshadowed changes to the nation’s telecommunications industry after a major company’s failure to connect hundreds of emergency calls was linked to four deaths

Asked today whether Optus’s chief executive should be considering his future after the “completely unacceptable” Triple Zero outage, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the ABC “I would be surprised if that wasn’t occurring.” Communications Minister Anika Wells has also vowed “Optus will be held to account”.

Multiple people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across Australia.

Social media companies will have to detect and eject under-16s from their platforms, but this does not mean all users will have their ages checked.