Lightning may be responsible for the network issue preventing people from being able to call the triple zero emergency number across Australia.
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A “cable cut” early on Friday morning caused phone issues for Telstra customers across the country and, by 8am, there were still intermittent interruptions to emergency calls in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.
If you need emergency help from any of the emergency services, you are urged to contact Triple Zero (000) in the first instance.
If that doesn’t work, callers in need of the emergency services should call Police Assistance Line on 131 444.
News networks have reported Telstra said the cable was cut by an unknown party between Orange and Bowral, sparking the outage.
The outage is affecting calls in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.
As always, only call for genuine emergencies only.
