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A major Telstra outage disrupted triple-zero emergency services, sparking public panic and sparking political firestorms after a Liberal senator, Sarah Henderson, allegedly called the line to “test” the system during the crisis. Her party leader defended her as doing her duty, but fellow ministers branded the act “utterly irresponsible,” noting criminal penalties for non-emergency calls. Henderson claimed she was uniquely positioned to witness the strain. Meanwhile, another Liberal senator claimed an elderly person died due to the outage, though police deny any such death. The government is conducting welfare checks, and the ACCC will review the incident amid mounting political fallout.

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