Telstra service status: outage reports and connection issues

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Telstra reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Telstra users through our website.

• Phone (55%)
• Internet (28%)
• Total Blackout (8%)
• Wi-fi (5%)
• E-mail (4%)
• TV (1%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Telstra outage reports came from the following cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Ballarat, Dubbo, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Maleny, Nowra, Bunbury, Gold Coast, and Wasleys.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sydney	Phone	2 hours ago
Melbourne	Phone	2 hours ago
Newcastle	Phone	23 hours ago
Ballarat	Internet	2 days ago
Sydney	Internet	2 days ago
Sydney	Internet	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Nicole Kennedy 🇦🇺 (@kennedylnicole) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Telstra I have requested cancellation of a service on four separate occasions, yet continue to be charged multiple times. This morning your chat team again asked whether I wish to cancel it. Please confirm the cancellation under reference 130242508 and address my complaint 136862308 at your earliest convenience. Can you also explain the photo information? Thank you.

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  Rohanc (@rohancct) reported 12 minutes ago

  Forget the Telstra outage, there should be a senate investigation into AFL Tables being down for hours.

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  Sue Davis (@Sueberry2) reported 12 minutes ago

  @blu_boys @Optus Go Aldi...roll over data, plans from $23, Telstra network, and currently double data on some plans for 6months if you start up before the end of September 2026.

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  🌸 Rita Gee ♥ 🇦🇺 (@Riogallica) reported 15 minutes ago

  @NBN_Australia is a joke. For the 2nd time in 2 wks my connection is down - their fault. They can't come out to fix it till next Monday! If I can find a reputable @STARLINK installer in my regional area, I'd be thankful (Jervis Bay NSW). I'm past climbing on roofs these days. Any recommentations? My @telstra hot spotting is the pits.

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  afraid_au (@afraid_au) reported 17 minutes ago

  @LmDread @tarkov Telstra appears to have stabilised for Sydney. Which servers are you having issues with, and which ISP are you with?

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  bitterboy (@twistedandbitte) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Telstra Will now take this up with the Ombudsman, asking them to note it is resolved in favour of the customer and the delay in responding is your deliberate attempt to delay compensation. Stick that where it fits, or where the sun don’t shine.

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  ame (@JUDGEMENTCORE) reported 23 minutes ago

  telstra can you fix your **** i lag out eevery 30 seconds i literally cannot do anything with this

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  Joseph Thomas (@j_seph_th_mas) reported 24 minutes ago

  Twelve live Australian job ads integrate AI in the title with enablement, transformation, automation, or change. Only ten companies have posted them. HESTA is hiring an “Enterprise AI Enablement Lead,” TAL an “AI and Automation Lead,”  IAG an “AI and Automation Principal.” Aware Super wants an “AI Strategy Change Lead”. CBA’s is a financial crime compliance role, and Insignia Financial’s is in risk. Four engineering roles at Canva, Xero, and Telstra. Which leaves two, and both are at EY. One is an “Associate Partner - Solutions Architect - AI Transformation,” sold through its Microsoft alliance. The other is a “Transformation and AI Marketing Leader” on a 12-month parental leave cover to take EY’s AI transformation offering to market. It’s the only live Australian marketing role in the twelve, and the AI capability it asks for- advanced use of Copilot, ChatGPT, and Perplexity- is in the optional skills. I built a workforce intelligence platform, and I’m analysing how AI is being written into new job roles. As of 27th August 2026, it holds 1,603 live Australian specs across 102 companies. Of 1,522 live marketing specs globally, 232 are AI-central, roles where AI is core or supporting the work as written. Of those, 179 (77.2%) carry no decision architecture. Nothing about who checks the model or who can override it, and no one is named accountable for what it produces. Across all functions, it’s 65.1%. Marketing is 12.1 points worse. Australian marketing is 101 live specs. Eight are AI-central, and seven of them have zero decision architecture. A CMO who hasn’t hired for this borrows it from an agency. Agencies post AI-central roles in 13.3% of 2,763 live specs. The banks and insurers they pitch to post them in 13.2% of 2,261. The seller and the buyer are hiring at the same rate. One Australian marketing team has written the role properly. NAB advertised a Head of Agentic Marketing in May, asking the hire to support the “redesign of marketing operating models and workflows using AI agents,” with humans kept in the loop and someone named accountable for what the agents produce. It scored 4 out of 4 in decision architecture, the only Australian marketing spec in 402 to do so. It hasn’t been live since 7th June 2026.

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  justin bandy (@justinbandy13) reported 27 minutes ago

  @daisymay4263 I can see one of Telstra towers in my town out my window...and reception is **** house... Telstra and their never ending rising rates with crap deals,...hope you enjoy your 7million,..ffffn useless

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  Big Dazz (@DBureges) reported 28 minutes ago

  @AFL @Telstra Did they just breed another Heeney wtf

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  Jan (@bimmyjartel) reported 29 minutes ago

  @B_Richardson_ @Telstra It's like GMHBA. Get service early but once crowds turn up nothing. That's Telstra too. Big crowds at MCG and Marvel, no problems. Why?

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  Hung Long 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇶🪃 (@Elmer_Hauser) reported 29 minutes ago

  Realistically, Trembath should finish 3rd in the Telstra Rising Star after Jagga and Dean, even just for consistency's sake. Wilma Durrsma's last 6 weeks has been utter garbage #AFLNorthCats

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  Misinformation Fact Checker. (@MisinfoFact) reported 35 minutes ago

  @MChandlerMather Telstra having a monopoly over telecommunications made the service more expensive.

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  anthony, underclass prole cat, edwards (@anthony45052793) reported 36 minutes ago

  @MichaelRuyg i had to get starlink service for power outages to maintain some ability to contact emergency services if needed. i have backup power. mad not to in a bushfire and flood prone area, sadly nbn co, optus, vodafone and telstra are clearly incompetent.

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  abagrund (@abagrund) reported 37 minutes ago

  @Buttermarg2 @EVERALDATLARGE At least when Telstra sucks **** now I don't have to pay for it.

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  ROBOFÈLLA (@AlexNz79) reported 38 minutes ago

  @BrentHodgson @TISM_Root Telstra offered an alternative 5G network to replace the aging copper network that mirrors system used overseas, with much higher speeds and reliability and the government decided to build there own assets, using leased Telstra floorspace & Paid Telstra to upgrade its exchanges.

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  Neil Harper (@nharper021) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AFL @Telstra This kid played well no issue with nomination. But AFL you are aware Billy Wilson is eligible yeah? There is absolutely no way he can put together a 10 week run like he has and not get a nomination

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  yash (@pipefoundation) reported 43 minutes ago

  📰 NEWS: Telstra CEO gets $700,000 pay rise to $6.8m despite Australia-wide outage. Telco board cuts senior executive bonuses by total $1.3m after tech fail that affected millions Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our. Source: The Guardian World.

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  John Merchant (@_JohnMerchant) reported 52 minutes ago

  @central01000011 Depends on the network, Telstra and Optus are great. But I have no idea about Vodafone.

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  Tom English (@thmsenglsh) reported 53 minutes ago

  (2 cont:) and this would fluctuate WILDLY based on the day to day. If Telstra has an outage, people won't be nominating them to receive any govt money anytime soon 3) or govt would have to guess who to go to for contracts

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  🐏 (@princefishey) reported 55 minutes ago

  @aphexnaim CLASSIC VLINE last time i went to the city it was when the telstra outage messed all the trains up

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  Jilly (@MssJilly) reported 56 minutes ago

  @SistaRuthDOPD They use the Telstra platform. Never heard of it doing that, but calls are answered based on the key words you use when it asks you what you’re calling about. Also offers ‘place in queue’, calling you back when your phone no reaches #1 in the queue, which is really worth doing.

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  Pode vir (@thiagoTF) reported 56 minutes ago

  @australian lol imagine trusting telstra with actual AI. signal probably failed to aggregate before they even hit the damn button

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  wildwitch (@wickedwildwitch) reported 57 minutes ago

  @Ausbobsmit he spends $7,000,000 each year + pus all his families holidays, internet, telstra bills, fuel, meals. and more. Not one cent from his own pocket. but he has the audacity to take from the poor and disabled

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  Frank (@Frank93688755) reported 58 minutes ago

  This is the truth. Telstra engineers were required by HR to take a break. And that's why the system collapsed and emergency calls didn't go through. Whoodathunkit?

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  Brian Emmitt (@emmitt_brian) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Pivotonian1838 @Telstra @News24Aust Imagine being that **** at your job and getting paid $6 million.

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  🌸 Rita Gee ♥ 🇦🇺 (@Riogallica) reported 59 minutes ago

  Still sans @NBN_Australia They came out Monday, identified the issue & refused to fix it. Told them that I was over them & that I'll be signing up with @Starlink Looking forward to receiving my kit from Starlink soon. Hotspotting with my @Telstra mobile is 1/2 speed of a snail. Painful much. Going crazy. Don't need this stress.

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  Ross Vallance (@ross_vallance) reported 1 hour ago

  @blu_boys @Optus If you bank with commonwealth they have a deal with more. It uses the Telstra network, usually 25% off with an already well priced plan.

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  Nino Alves (@NinoAlves_1) reported 1 hour ago

  @Telstra I’ve been receiving account text alerts including their name and phone number relating to one of your customers for over a year. Prob a privacy issue but you refuse to fix it despite MANY calls and yr team acknowledging the issue!

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  Paradoxa (@Paradoxa18) reported 1 hour ago

  @Telstra AI or human? There are known outages only restored the other day now out again Getting a credit for it so you know it's real Reported via outage page Monday night neighbour reported too Your reply facile & unhelpful