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News live: deadly H5 flu found in local Australian bird for first time; press club bills GetUp over stunt during Hanson speech

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According to The Guardian, Telstra says it is aware that South Australia police are investigating a death that occurred during the company's recent network problems. Police said they are looking into the death of a person at a regional hospital on Wednesday, which coincided with disruptions to the triple-zero emergency call service. Telstra says it is working with investigators to establish whether there is any connection between the death and the outage, and offered its condolences to the person's family.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/...

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