Today, Telstra Chief Executive Officer Vicki Brady and senior Telstra representatives will appear before the Senate Triple Zero inquiry initiated by the Liberal-Nationals Coalition.

Labor promised to put the 'care' back in aged care, but wait lists have blown out and thousands have died waiting for care. The Coalition has moved to put the human care back into aged care, against Labor's opposition.

Older Australians should not be left feeling they cannot remain in their own homes because Labor has shifted much needed funding away from trusted local providers without making sure services will actually continue

TOPICS: Leader of the Opposition comments on One Nation Party, Pauline Hanson reaction, Labor impact on small business and investment, policy development, Coalition record in government, net zero

TOPICS: Telstra outage, CEO response, Triple Zero, transport and business impacts, SA Police investigation, cost of system resilience

“Australians living in regional and remote communities continue to face higher mortality, greater chronic disease burden, reduced access to healthcare and workforce shortages that would be unacceptable in metropolitan Australia.

TOPICS: Telstra outage, emergency calls, ACMA fine, regional disruptions, train delays, contingency planning, Telstra customer impact, service restoration, CEO accountability

TOPICS: China missile launch in Pacific, Australia’s Pacific defence treaties, data centres, community benefit, comparison with Rewiring the Nation rollout, data centre water consumption

Regional communities are already pushing back on AI data centres and have made it clear they will not tolerate token financial gestures to local communities,”