Telstra outages and service status in Westerway, Tasmania

Problems in the last 24 hours in Westerway, Tasmania

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Westerway, Tasmania 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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  Mr.MojoRisn (@Totally4yeah) reported 1 minute ago

  @WInsufficientia Telstra may be a private corp, but Albanese’s Labor government literally 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 hit them with up to $30 million in fines. Your history lesson is sloppy: partial sales started under Hawke/Keating Labor, final tranches under Howard. But that was 20 years ago. Albanese has been “fixing the LNP/PHON mess” since 2022 — and the result under his watch is a software bug that wiped out 600+ Triple Zero calls, stopped trains, triggered hundreds of welfare checks, and may have killed someone. Blaming 1997–2006 ghosts while your government fails to enforce basic oversight on critical infrastructure today is pure deflection. Stop whitewashing another Labor failure, puppet.

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  TRPoint.pics 🏳️‍🌈 (@thatfancypear) reported 3 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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  Aus Integrity (@QBCCIntegrity) reported 4 minutes ago

  @kanethesaint @OMGTheMess When you find out that the Telstra core network is managed IN INDIA, you have to wonder…

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  Jillberry Sunshine (@jillian_twigger) reported 4 minutes ago

  @daytona7th @tim_blee Lol yes good thinking, and we keep a ‘burner sim’ at our food truck in case Telstra goes down, but then sometimes it’s the actual till system that goes down ie ‘Square’ and then it’s ’offline payments’ which doesn’t work for tapping with phones anyway 🫪

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  Mr.MojoRisn (@Totally4yeah) reported 5 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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  Ron Saunders (@wierdwolf99) reported 7 minutes ago

  @JimThom90458694 Barnaby Joyce stated the Chinese ballistic rocket launch had an effect on the telstra outage. Really? I am a Principal Technical Officer, ex telstra I am 199% certain the two events have NO CONNECTION. Barnab Jaoyce, recruit another mass nurderer to guide you about electronics

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  Noah Fence (@birchipboy) reported 7 minutes ago

  @stationmum101 @Telstra Doubt it. They are so self absorbed, it would never cross their tiny little minds.

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  Wesley Southcott (@WesleySouthcott) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Bigly20 Well known that Telstra regularly fighting off Chinese attacking the network . Albo won’t say it

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  David Marler (@Qldaah) reported 11 minutes ago

  @TonyShepherd4 Unhelpful and wasting SA police & Telstra time. Focus on fixing the problem. Talk to the Telstra workers. What can we do to make the system more robust? May need funding but let's get started on the long-term solution.

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  A K (@AK22762976) reported 13 minutes ago

  @PaulBongiorno Oh woe is me ! Just purchase a sim card supported by Optus [this is redundancy contingency] when Telstra goes off line swap out their sim & slot in the backup & vice versa. Alteratively purchase a dual sim phone which allows you to switch between service providers