Australia news live: mobile networks ‘not infallible’, Telstra boss tells Senate inquiry; Hanson’s podcast comments ‘ludicrous’, Labor MP says

According to The Guardian, Telstra—Australia's largest mobile carrier—experienced an outage affecting roughly forty-five percent of calls and data, prompting the company's CEO to tell a Senate inquiry that mobile networks aren't infallible. Separately, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young criticized politician Pauline Hanson for appearing on the podcast of UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson, calling it 'unAustralian' and challenging Hanson's claims on disability funding.

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