Optus outages and service status in Emerald, Queensland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Emerald, Queensland

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Emerald, Queensland and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  🐟 (@mwupfront) reported 55 seconds ago

  @heathledgcrs i wanna come watch something at waca or optus so bad but no sports line up with my perth conventions 🥀🥀

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  Derrick W 💔3/15 (@Vox_Dog) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Kate3015 Aussies are being fleeced, these comms companies compared to everywhere else in the world take Aussies to the cleaners. For the entire network to fail would suggest a complete & utter rebuild of Telstra is required urgently, from the very top down. #Telstra #Auspol #Optus

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  Snuffles 🌸 (@Snuffle16106950) reported 7 minutes ago

  @robertveneziano @VoteLewko Incorrect ARTC handles Standard Gauge in AUS... Whist @VicTrack_Vic handles Broad gauge in VIC. But all should not rely on only one telco provider...the ICE radio are linked to Telstra! But optus has gone down too 2 years ago with the same result!

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  Gooseman (@perthozguy77) reported 8 minutes ago

  Optus Stadium has a drainage problem! ‘Players slipping over because of the pressure’ My ***! Can see the water splashing out beneath them. #AFLFreoSwans

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  Cheryl (@Cheryl53111693) reported 11 minutes ago

  @andrewrdn463 Put a woman in charge of a company like Telstra and Optus and you can be sure they will **** it up.

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  Peter 🏊🏼🚲🏃🏻 (@Ironman_peter) reported 12 minutes ago

  @FranMooMoo If a business or a surface does not have a backup alternative to everything then they are the problem. Thanks have backup lines maybe Telstra with primary Tpg with a backup. Same with 000. Might have the primary line with Telstra and a backup line with Optus or a WhatsApp #

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  Chris Eastaughffe (AZ Vac done) (@Chris_E_Qld_Au) reported 16 minutes ago

  @therevaknight Because of Government incompetence, they had no simple backup system, they made NO allowances for technological failure, complexity is the enemy of reliable; the reliability issue was known (ref previous OPTUS outage). NO REDUNDANCY for critical infrastructure! @heidimur

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  Nigel Withers (@MajorBlipvert) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Kate3015 Remember 18 Sept 2025 when Optus had a 000 outage because no one though to make some test calls to ensure the service was working after an upgrade? Doing a test is basic common sense.

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  Ash 🇦🇺 (@TheInspectorAsh) reported 22 minutes ago

  @JacintaAllanMP We saw similar issues with Optus. There is supposed to be redundancy that allows emergency calls to be carried over any available mobile network. If our emergency communications and critical infrastructure are meant to be resilient, why do single network outages continue to have such widespread impacts? It’s time to review whether our redundancy is truly independent, or whether we’re relying on backup systems that share the same points of failure.

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  Arthur Barrett (@Ayyyyybeeeee) reported 23 minutes ago

  Here in Australia we’ve got the semi-annual hand wringing over cellular carriers and emergency calls - is it time to ditch SS7 for VoIP/SIP and switch from single operator SIM from Telstra/Optus to multi-operator SIM like SimBase or ThingsMobile?