Australia news live: major outage hits Telstra mobile network; ‘radio fault’ shuts down Victoria’s regional trains

Telstra's mobile network went down today across Australia, causing widespread disruptions. In Victoria, the cascade continued—all regional rail services were suspended due to a radio network fault. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Albanese is hosting Pacific leaders from Tonga, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea amid rising geopolitical tensions over China's recent military activity in the region. According to The Guardian, Albanese highlighted the contrast between Australia's vision of a peaceful Pacific and what he called Beijing's assertive approach.

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