Australia news live: Albanese to miss Garma festival despite 2025 promise; Telstra CEO grilled over national outage

According to The Guardian, Australian telecom company Telstra says it is aware that South Australia police are investigating a death that occurred at a regional hospital on Wednesday, during a period of network problems that affected the country's triple-zero emergency line. Police confirmed the investigation and are working with Telstra to determine whether the death is connected to the outage. The company's chief executive was questioned over the national disruption. In separate news, the Guardian reports Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will miss the Garma festival, a major Indigenous event, for the first time since he took office, despite a promise to attend made last year.

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