Optus outage disrupts emergency calls across Australia for 76 minutes

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  • Optus apologised after a network outage disrupted users and some emergency calls across four Australian jurisdictions.
  • 76-minute outage caused intermittent call dropouts in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
  • Police in Victoria completed around 40 welfare checks and reported no adverse outcomes from Friday’s disruption.
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