In September, an Optus network outage stopped some customers from calling triple-0. With four deaths linked to the outage, the incident has prompted serious discussions about the reliability of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia on Monday foreshadowed changes to the country's telecommunications industry after a major company’s failure to connect hundreds of emergency calls last week was linked ...

Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear following a mechanical failure at Newcastle Airport in Australia’s New South Wales. The ...

Both Optus, the telecommunications firm directly involved, and the Albanese Labor government are trying to deny culpability, both immediate and longer-term, for a 13-hour breakdown in Australia’s ...

Next Monday, millions of people in Australia will feel their phones buzz with a message and hear a loud, siren-like warning. It’s a preview of how the country plans to warn its population when the ...