Telstra outages and service status in Ballina, New South Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Ballina, New South Wales

The chart below shows the number of Telstra reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Ballina, New South Wales 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 Near Ballina, New South Wales

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

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  Ray Wilton (@raywilton4) reported 2 minutes ago from Lennox Head, New South Wales

  @lachiemc64 I’m told we’ve no choice now FRAUDBAND is in our area. So much for lnp’s free market bullshit. Only when it suits their greedy parasitic mates. ADSL, though slow, never drops out although I note Telstra will still charge like the “Light Brigade” to fix the loose copper to my home

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  Mark Douglas (@mfd253) reported 33 minutes ago from Lennox Head, New South Wales

  @Telstra 5G internet has been down most of the day in Lennox Head (2478) - when will it be back up and why does it always go down when we get heavy rain!!???

Telstra Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Luke (@Posica) reported 10 minutes ago

  @ttyoma_ @luckychappy_ Well im with Telstra and the servers just arent good on apex unfortunately. Especially recently alot of slow mo or higher ping games

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  Francis McF (@FrancisMcF1O) reported 10 minutes ago

  Australia’s mobile market: 3 brands, 1 real network outside the cities. @Telstra inherited the infrastructure, kept the spectrum, and now dominates regional coverage. If the government won’t mandate roaming, we’ll never have genuine competition.

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  Chad (@OTheChad) reported 10 minutes ago

  @mynameiskiiiid @TheKouk Structural deficit? Mate, let's get this straight.Australia's structural budget issues blew out post-GFC and especially under recent big-spending governments — not from Howard paying down $96b in inherited debt while running surpluses. Howard left the budget in strong shape with low debt and a Future Fund seeded. Today's deficits (still projected around 1% of GDP with net debt heading to ~20%+) come from exploding recurrent spending: NDIS, aged care, welfare, and public sector bloat — not a lack of 'productivity policy' from the 90s/00s. Howard-era asset sales (Telstra etc.) shifted assets to private hands where they often delivered better efficiency and innovation — exactly what boosts productivity. Privatisation and microeconomic reforms in the 80s-90s drove Australia's strong productivity surge in the late 90s/early 00s. Blaming today's slump on "record low infrastructure spending" 25-30 years ago is the real stretch. Recent productivity stagnation (labour productivity near flat since ~2016-17, weakest in decades) has clear modern drivers:Services shift — healthcare, education, public admin (non-market sectors) now dominate and have abysmal productivity growth. Faster broadband, transport, and training matter — but governments have poured billions into infrastructure since then (and states still do). The constraint isn't some 1990s "under-spend"; it's getting value for money, avoiding waste, and prioritising high-return projects over recurrent blowouts. Private sector dynamism, competition, and sensible tax settings deliver productivity far more reliably than more government "facilitation" funded by structural deficits. You know what actually restricts productivity policy? Promising endless spending while ignoring incentives, efficiency, and evidence. Structural deficits today crowd out future options through higher interest and taxes — not the other way around." This keeps it punchy, factual, and directly dismantles the causal link while flipping the deficit argument.

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  Overgrown Dwarf 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺 (@OvrgrwnDwrf) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Telstra So my internet has an issue. You send me a message to go to MyTelstra to chat with a rep. My modem is in back up mode and wont load MyTelstra, so I try hotspotting off my Telstra phone. But your coverage is so sporadic that it won't even count as "connected."

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  K•A•N•E (@kanethesaint) reported 18 minutes ago

  @ronInBendigo @RaymondKeown3 The Belong (Telstra) plan is $25 only once you have activated a service with them it will appear when you go to change plans via their app. 10GB data per month with rollover, if you ever exceed it, it doesn't charge extra just slows to 1Mbps.

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  Don't Listen to words. Watch their actions. (@wakeuptotheleft) reported 19 minutes ago

  @DarcyMiddleton @AmeliaBee7 It’s not trans hysteria mate, we moved my two nieces from a public school to a private one as they were allowing a boy to shower with 12 year old girls and when the parents went down to the school they teachers were attacking the girls and offering to re educate them , where I currently work ,the young kids that work there also go to a government school and a 16 year old is now allowed to shower with the girls and this **** has hit the fan at that school. It happens is workplaces too, I worked for Telstra for 12 years and then another big corporate for 10, we had a gym on site for all staff and it used to be quite busy before and after work as it was free. Then the morons announced their trans policy and allowed the males to shower and undress with the females. No one complained because they know they’d get in trouble and 95 per cent just stopped using the facility, meanwhile on teams everyone is talking about how ****** it is and how no one can say a word. This is issue plays a big part.

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  🐙Mythical Mira 🪸 (@Mythical_mira) reported 19 minutes ago

  lol got my first spam call ring ring hi miss I’m calling from Telstra you to say you won a new smart phone i’m with *insert different provider* thats not possible madam I’m just trying to give you a free phone 😡 obviously angry tone Quiet processing (no sleep) i hang up

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  𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐑𝚰𝐇𝐂 🌈🏳️‍🌈☀️ (@Raptor_54321) reported 21 minutes ago

  @_Testflight_ Came to see if it finally popped and was put out of its misery. Stayed for an actually good Telstra ad I’ve never seen before

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  Ms Meh (@ms_meh) reported 24 minutes ago

  @maher_aaron @wwos You Telstra 'em! Though they'll probably tell you it's a Youi problem that you don't like how the coverage is 99c delivered.

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  Nat Factor ⭐️💜 (@StuddertNatalie) reported 27 minutes ago

  @TheChopperLady It’s ok. I’m already thinking of suing Telstra for ******* up my payments and putting me in this situation! So much for government assistance right? These corporations and governments are pathetically slow!