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MP Monique Ryan wants tougher laws around lobbying of politicians, saying current guidelines are ‘toothless and ineffective’

‘Clarifications on religious freedom’ to be reconsidered, says communications minister Michelle Rowland, after strong pushback from Coalition

The proposal is similar to changes Canada introduced last year after a lengthy outage nearly identical to the Optus one

"It would seem very reasonable for Optus to look at how they can attempt to recompense people for this."

Optus will provide eligible customers with 200GB of extra data as compensation, now blaming ‘network event’ for catastrophic outage

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Exact reason for outage remains unknown as minister points to possible ‘deep fault’ within Optus network

Payment, transport and health systems were thrown into chaos, with 40 per cent of Australians unable to use phones or internet

Hospitals, homes, businesses and transport services hit by Australia-wide internet, mobile and landline network blackout; CEO says service is now back

Advances in mobile, wireless and satellite tech are likely to feature in coming discussions ahead of an overhaul of telecommunication services in the bush.

There are more than 1,500 remote First Nations communities and homelands around Australia, and about 670 of them have no mobile phone coverage. In research with 495 people from ten remote communities, we found 45.9% were “highly excluded” from increasingly important digital services and tools.