Optus outages and service status in Castlemaine, Victoria

Problems in the last 24 hours in Castlemaine, Victoria

The chart below shows the number of Optus reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Castlemaine, Victoria 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 Near Castlemaine, Victoria

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Castlemaine and nearby locations:

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  WendyS (@wends1958) reported 35 minutes ago from Castlemaine, Victoria

  @helphelpandhelp It's the fact that Optus KEPT all the personal info, even of ex-customers. WTF were they doing with licence and passport numbers well after the 100 point check had been done. WHY?

Optus Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  J Labs (@jnj_pro) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Optus The advise didn't help. Can @Optus explain why already logged in users still need to do identify verification form as well as verification code. What security concerns the process actually addresses? Compared with putting unnecessary burden and waste time for users.

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  Mike (@Mike85052500) reported 2 minutes ago

  @nostalgiafkninc Clearly an Optus customer

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  Acid #Alientwt (@bOnGeY295) reported 3 minutes ago

  My internet has only gotten worse ots bullshit optus sucks

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  Susanna De Bari (@Bari1De) reported 6 minutes ago

  @blu_boys @Optus My email provider put their cost up by 50%. I submitted a complaint to the Ombudsman and Consumer Protection. Best they could suggest is to change providers. Have they even tried changing an email address?

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  Dunnie1983 (@DunnEagles32553) reported 6 minutes ago

  Why ******** am I having to look at old hawks players in the stands at Optus every 2 minutes?

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  Jumbarrawa (@jumbarrawa) reported 9 minutes ago

  It's not like mainstream media dont know about ANY of this. 👇👇 In September 2017, the federal government announced a $50 million investment over seven years in the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC). The CEO was Rachael Falk. She led the independent review into the Optus and Medibank cyber breaches. She was appointed by the Minister for Home Affairs to the Expert Advisory Board for Australia’s 2023-2030 Cyber Security Strategy. In February 2025, Falk left the CSCRC to become a partner at Ashurst Risk Advisory—a return to the firm where she had worked as a lawyer in 1998. The CSCRC was not just a research centre. It was a revolving door—a place where a connected insider could build a network, then cash in.

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  Lucy Graham (@montrosegraham) reported 9 minutes ago

  @ChinaSelect Australia has had two major telecommunications network failures. As a result of the Telstra failure, three people died, including a baby. One person died as a result of the Optus failure. No infrastructure should have any exposure to foreign adversaries.

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  Mian Ijaz Rabbani (@ijaz2021) reported 10 minutes ago

  @opf_pk Australia switched off its 3G network in 2024 and Jazz IR roaming stopped working in Australia. Community raised it many times with Jazz, to always receive standard replies, to no avail. Please raise with Jazz to talk with Singtel/Optus to restore Jazz IR in Australia.

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  Feral Hermit.🍉 (@greg_kennedy10) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Optus Not trying to activate a service, verifying my ID on my prepaid ask you asked. The app is garbage, tried it & all is does is ask me to update (I already have), now it keeps telling me to update then shuts down. Have to waste my time going instore.

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  Rob (@hkrob) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Optus Have you tried tracert the IP I mentioned in the Original post from an Optus network?