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Morning Mail: IDF accused of ‘executing’ Palestinian aid driver, Telstra’s back-to-the-future glitch, fastest spider found

Eyewitnesses say Israeli soldier killed a man bringing food aid into Gaza; the brown huntsman judged to be the world’s fastest arachnid

The Guardian - AU

Telstra’s triple-zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits

Perhaps we will return to public ownership of infrastructure networks. But for now we need to consider limited steps, with a more radical solution for fragile emergency services

The Guardian - AU

How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network

The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network

The Guardian - AU

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Telstra Outage Update: Triple Zero Calls Hit By Secondary Fault After 'Fix'

Telstra is facing scrutiny after a nationwide outage and a secondary fault left some Triple Zero calls failing even after the company said services were restored, prompting 639 welfare checks and rail disruptions across Australia.

International Business Times UK

Afternoon Update: antisemitism envoy calls for ABC ‘oversight’; Modi and Albanese ink uranium deal; and a Wimbledon wildcard’s dream run

Jillian Segal tells the royal commission the ABC and SBS need a committee to vet Israel coverage

The Guardian - AU

How an outage like Telstra’s affects Australians’ health care, beyond emergency calls

The fallout from Telstra’s national network outage on Wednesday was widespread, stalling trains and electronic payments, and preventing emergency calls to Triple Zero connecting. The company conducted more than 600 welfare checks on people unable to contact the emergency hotline, with seven people needing assistance.

The Conversation

How a nationwide Telstra outage rocked the Australian economy – and what we can learn

On Wednesday morning, Telstra’s mobile network suffered a major outage, leaving thousands of Australians unable to make phone calls or access data.

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A timing glitch was behind Telstra’s nationwide outage. It points to a bigger vulnerability

Telstra experienced a second major network fault after yesterday’s nationwide outage, with the telco confirming late last night that some calls, including to Triple Zero, were not going through.

The Conversation

Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls as SA police investigate claimed Telstra-outage death

South Australian police investigating death of elderly person Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed was a result of the outage

The Guardian - AU

Aussie shares fall for fourth day as miners take hit

Mining stocks have fallen to their lowest levels in three months, but strength in other sectors has helped limit broader market losses.

AAP

Train services gradually return after telco outage

A state premier has pledged two days of free transport after a nationwide Telstra outage brought a regional transport network to a standstill.

AAP

How does a Telstra outage bring down trains? A telco expert explains

Train operators may be putting all their eggs in one basket.

The Canberra Times

'Not illegal': Liberal leader defends triple zero tests

Angus Taylor has backed his communications spokeswoman despite criticism over her making test calls to triple zero during a major Telstra outage.

AAP

Telstra outage: triple-zero calls affected by network glitches as regional train services slowly resume

Carrier says some were unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after mobile network went down

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Morning Mail: Middle East peace in tatters, how Telstra’s outage wreaked havoc, Blues’ Brisbane boilover

US and Iran on the brink of reigniting conlict as Trump calls Tehran regime ‘scum’; NSW pull off unlikely Origin series decider at home of Maroons

The Guardian - AU

SA police investigating death during Telstra outage – as it happened

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AAP

Telstra outage heat dials up as calls mount for answers

Telstra faces demands from the government as to why it took hours to make an alert over a major outage as police investigate if a death is linked to the issue.

The Guardian - AU

Can’t catch the train, can’t use Eftpos, can’t charge your car: how Telstra’s outage wreaked havoc across Australia

Trains, mobile phones, triple-zero calls and even EVs – if it communicates, Telstra bricked it

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International Business Times UK

Telstra Outage Leaves Triple‑Zero Callers Stranded As PM Labels Failure 'Deeply Concerning'

Telstra has blamed a 'software defect' in its time‑keeping systems for a nationwide outage that disrupted mobile calls, shut down regional trains and left some triple‑zero callers unable to get through, prompting 333 welfare checks.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Federal investigation into Telstra outage; ICE fatally shoot motorist; and flaky AI skincare advice

The outage left thousands of mobile customers unable to make calls or access data

The Guardian - AU

The Telstra outage is a stark reminder of the widespread effects of single-system failures

The network disruption – which brought trains, traffic lights and Eftpos payments to a halt – raises questions about the resilience of services

The Canberra Times

'I'm very sad': Telstra outage dashes five-year-old's train dream

Commuters in Canberra were left waiting.

The Conversation

How does a Telstra outage bring down trains? A telco expert explains

Australians woke up this morning to a major outage affecting Telstra, the largest telecommunications network in the country. But mobile phones weren’t the only thing knocked out of action.

The Guardian - AU

Telstra blames ‘software defect’ for major outage that hit mobiles, trains and triple-zero calls

Telco said outage was not due to a cyber-attack but warned of scammers calling people claiming to be from Telstra

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Telstra Outage Chaos: Phones In SOS Mode, Trains Halted & EFTPOS Down Across Australia

Telstra’s mobile network has gone down across large parts of Australia this morning, leaving heaps of customers unable to make calls or use data and throwing regional trains and some EFTPOS terminals into chaos. The provider, which powers about 25 million mobile services nationwide, has confirmed the issue and…

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