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When Telstra’s network crashed, plunging Australia into chaos with disrupted calls and emergency services offline, the opposition’s response was a disaster. Instead of holding the government to account, Angus Taylor’s team stumbled through a series of PR missteps — from a shadow minister admitting to testing triple zero (illegal unless it’s a real emergency), to a senator falsely claiming a death occurred due to the outage, and Taylor himself speculating about Chinese interference without evidence. These blunders diverted attention from the real crisis and exposed a troubling pattern: under Taylor, the opposition is more focused on managing its own gaffes than capitalizing on the government’s failures. The result? Missed opportunities and a credibility gap that’s costing them political ground.

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