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Tom Richardson

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Jul 8, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Tom Richardson

    ‘Can have faith’: Sorry Telstra chief’s outage plea (opens the original)

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    A sorry Telstra says it has restored most services after a major network outage caused widespread disruption across Australia, hitting public transport, payments systems and mobile customers in an embarrassing failure for the country’s largest telco. Chief financial officer Michael Ackland, stepping in for chief executive Vicki Brady who was on annual leave, apologised to customers and said they could still trust the telco. Mobile customers reported lost internet connections, alongside intermitt

  2. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Tom Richardson

    Telstra’s outage sparks China fears, public relations battle (opens the original)

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    Within hours of Telstra’s major outage on Wednesday, speculation was running ahead of evidence about the true source of the national chaos. Deputy One Nation leader Barnaby Joyce suggested Chinese hackers may have been behind the disruption, linking the outage to Beijing’s known cyber capabilities and broader strategic assertiveness in the region. “I don’t want to be paranoid, or a conspiracy theorist,” Mr Joyce said. “But we know there’s the capacity for China to affect that sort of software or

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