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Senate inquiry urges sweeping reforms to Triple Zero outage crisesshould be taken out of private hands, Senate inquiry recommends
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A long-running Senate inquiry into the Triple Zero emergency call crisis has handed down its final report today.
Inquiry chair Sarah Hanson-Young says removing control of the Triple Zero system from Telstra should be at the top of the government's to-do list.
The inquiry was chaired by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, but the report was supported by Coalition and Labor committee members.
The regulator should be given the power to compel evidence from telcos during investigations and enforcement, it said.
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Control of a Triple Zero function should be removed from Telstra and nationalised to avoid further crises, a Senate inquiry has recommended. The inquiry was prompted by last year's Optus outage and was expanded to cover new problems with other telcos and mobile devices that have shaken public confidence.
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A long-running Senate inquiry into the Triple Zero emergency call crisis has handed down its final report today.
The inquiry started as a probe into the failings of Optus after its large network outage in September 2025, but was expanded as more emergency call failures were revealed.
Inquiry chair Sarah Hanson-Young says removing control of the Triple Zero system from Telstra should be at the top of the government's to-do list.
Control of a Triple Zero function should be removed from Telstra and nationalised to avoid further crises, a Senate inquiry has recommended.
The inquiry was prompted by last year's Optus outage and was expanded to cover new problems with other telcos and mobile devices that have shaken public confidence.
The inquiry was chaired by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, but the report was supported by Coalition and Labor committee members.
The committee has called for a new national authority to be created and take over responsibility for the Emergency Call Person operations.
The regulator should be given the power to compel evidence from telcos during investigations and enforcement, it said.
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