Australia news live: Telstra must ‘face the music’, minister says; SA police rule out link between death and Telstra outage

Australia's Telstra faces mounting scrutiny after a network outage disrupted triple-zero emergency calls. According to The Guardian, communications minister Anika Wells said the telco has "a lot of questions to answer" and must "face the music." South Australia police confirmed they are investigating the death of a person at a regional hospital that occurred during the disruption, though authorities have ruled out a link between the death and the outage. Telstra said it is working with police to support the investigation.

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