Australian gov't concerned about major telecommunications outage: acting PM
STORY: Australian gov't concerned about major telecommunications outage: acting PM
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 8, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:41
LOCATION: Canberra
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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1. various of Optus offline store footage
2. various of street views
STORYLINE:
The Australian government has expressed concerns over the impact of a major telecommunications outage on critical services.
Millions of Australians were on Wednesday morning left without mobile and internet service after Optus, Australia's second-largest telecommunications company with over 10 million customers, was hit by a major outage.
The loss of service has caused public transport delays across the country, downed payment systems and cut hospital telephone lines.
Speaking at a press conference, acting Prime Minister Richard Marles said the government was concerned about the outage.
"We are first and foremost focused on those immediate emergency services and keeping people safe and we have been very focused on tho
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- 2023/11/08 00:00:00
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