Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls amid questions about claimed Telstra-outage death in SA
Summary
Angus Taylor defended Liberal senator Sarah Henderson’s calls to the emergency number triple zero during a Telstra outage, saying she was "doing her job" to test the system. Questions arose after Senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed an elderly person died because of the outage, but South Australian police said they had no report of such a death.Key Facts
- Telstra experienced a nationwide outage that affected calls to triple zero (Australia’s emergency number).
- Sarah Henderson made multiple calls to triple zero to check if the system was working during the outage.
- Calling triple zero without an emergency can lead to criminal penalties, but Henderson said she had a unique role.
- Angus Taylor criticized the government for focusing on politics instead of solving problems during the outage.
- Senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed on social media that an elderly person died due to the outage, but police in South Australia said they had no knowledge of such a death.
- The Australian Communications and Media Authority will investigate the outage and its impact.
- Communications Minister Anika Wells said welfare checks were being done on people who could not reach emergency services.
- Telstra fixed about 90% of a secondary issue that also affected triple zero calls after the main outage.
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