WA Police issue Triple Zero warning amid Telstra outage
Telstra has confirmed it is “looking into an issue affecting some mobile calls and data connections” but had not identified a cause, given an estimated fix time, or said how many customers are affected.
The disruption began at 3am WA time, with more than 7000 ‘down detector’ reports lodged by early morning and complaints coming from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, as well as regional centres in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania.
WA Police released a statement saying the outage was impacting some people’s ability to call Triple Zero.
“If you have a vulnerable family member, friend, neighbour or co-worker, consider offering support during the service disruption,” it said.
Across the nation and around the world
Here’s what’s making news across the nation and around the world today:
- Telstra’s mobile network was hit by a widespread outage early on Wednesday, leaving thousands of customers across every mainland capital unable to make calls or use mobile data, with some reporting their phones had dropped into SOS-only mode.
- Working Australians are enduring one of the steepest falls in real wages in the developed world, with new research revealing households are struggling under “persistent pressures” that are likely to continue well into next year and beyond.
- The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.
- Lionel Messi broke down in tears at the final whistle, consoled by his Argentina teammates as the captain appeared to realise just how close his World Cup dream came to ending on Wednesday (AEST) in a game in which he missed a penalty before coming up with a vital late equaliser.
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, July 8.
Making headlines today, multiple West Australian university executives took home pay packets of more than half-a-million dollars in 2025, with the sector’s spending on key management staff across the state’s institutions exceeding $36 million.
An analysis of financial statements, published by the universities, revealed that 16 people were paid over $500,000 in 2025 across four of the five institutions.
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