Dozens of Triple Zero calls failed to connect during Friday network disruption

Updated September 11, 2026 — 10:32pm , first published 9:05pm

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Dozens of Triple Zero calls struggled to connect to the Telstra national emergency line because of an Optus outage on Friday, Triple Zero Victoria says.

Victoria Police said it was completing welfare checks on impacted callers following the outage on Friday afternoon.

“Just before 7pm, Optus has provided details of 39 calls that experienced difficulty connecting to the Telstra national Triple Zero (000) Emergency Call Person,” Triple Zero Victoria chief operations officer Paul…

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