Telstra outages and service status in Port Augusta, South Australia

Problems in the last 24 hours in Port Augusta, South Australia

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

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Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Greg Isles (@GregIsles12906) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Glenn02936110 But Telstra said they wouldnt charge their customers for the time all their communication systems were down for!! They dont work half the time in rural areas so our fees should be halved!

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  Dancing Dan (@DancingDanB) reported 4 minutes ago

  I’m not defending the gov, but it’s not always the gov fault when a gov funded service fails. This is primarily on Telstra (a privatised, formerly government service).

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  🇦🇺 KatyC (@colla_katy) reported 9 minutes ago

  @PaulBongiorno Massive Telstra outage, CEO Vicki Brady overseas holidaying. Is it a coincidence 12mths ago (July 2025); Qantas experienced massive cyberattack & CEO Vanessa Hudson was also holidaying overseas.

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  Mr.MojoRisn (@Totally4yeah) reported 12 minutes ago

  @MikeShe11208366 @PaulBongiorno The Libs helped privatise Telstra decades ago — true. But Albanese’s Labor government has been in power since 2022 and still contracts Telstra to run Triple Zero, the federal emergency call service. That’s why ACMA and the Triple Zero Custodian are investigating right now, and why Labor can fine them up to $30 million. This isn’t ancient history or “Libs blame-shifting.” It’s a 2026 software bug under Labor’s watch that wrecked 600+ Triple Zero calls, halted V/Line trains, triggered hundreds of welfare checks, and may have killed someone. Your “hypocritical” line is pure deflection. Stop excusing your government’s failure to enforce oversight on critical infrastructure. Classic Labor puppet cop-out.

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  BazzaCC (@bazzacc2) reported 13 minutes ago

  Telstra: it was a software issue..... The rest of Australia: It's your software & you manage ********* 🤔🤔😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

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  Gunjaparty (@GunjapartyOz) reported 15 minutes ago

  @Antony_Clements @MikeCarlton01 @Telstra Did you fix it yourself did you? Amazing. I’ll let you explain your solution to the Telstra system programmers.

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  Just Kas - If Not Now Then When? (@keskes60) reported 18 minutes ago

  @CecPedersen @Qldaah I'm sure that as the Shadow Communications minister she would have enough access to senior #Telstra staff to confirm if there was a problem Or indeed a simple call to the Minister's office

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  freedom86 (@controlreversal) reported 18 minutes ago

  @AllBiteNoBark88 Unless you are with Telstra and the ******* system doesn't work.

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  TRPoint.pics 🏳️‍🌈 (@thatfancypear) reported 19 minutes ago

  @BerryAndBitty @griffonboi @VLine GSM-R or even FRMCS isn't suited for Australia's dense landmass... First of all the latter is essentially 5G which due to its use of higher frequencies essentially means you'll need to duplicate the entire Telstra network (plus more) to achieve anything

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  Barry (@Barry09044205) reported 25 minutes ago

  @TimLooker @ABCaustralia A government controlled Telstra could never have competed with the other Telcos.