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Nationwide Telstra network outage impacts emergency services in Australia
MULTIPLE REPORTS·Published ·Main source · ABC News Aus
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Telstra, Anika Wells (Communications Minister)
Australia
July 8, 2026
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A widespread mobile and data outage affected Telstra customers across Australia.
Emergency Triple Zero calls were impacted, leading to welfare checks for affected callers.
Telstra confirmed the issue was caused by malfunctioning nodes and services were restored by Wednesday afternoon.
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