Australia news live: Sydney median house rents hit record $850 a week; regional NSW train services to resume ‘progressively’ after Telstra outages

According to The Guardian, Telstra network outages have snarled daily life across parts of Australia. Regional New South Wales train services are set to resume progressively after the disruption, while in South Australia, police say a small number of calls to the triple-zero emergency line are failing to connect. On a separate front, Sydney's rental squeeze reached a new high, with the median house rent hitting a record eight hundred fifty dollars a week. And the ABC has pushed back against claims that its journalism fueled antisemitism or social division, issuing the statement ahead of appearances by broadcaster executives at a royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion.

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