As stated by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for communications and Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Triple 0 service outage:
"It is tragic to hear that another Australian has died after being unable to connect to Triple 0 and my thoughts are with the family and friends of the person who has died.
"Australians clearly can't trust the big telcos to safely deliver the Triple 0 service.
"There is no excuse for Triple 0 calls to fail and ultimately it is up to the government to ensure that all Australians are able to connect to emergency services when they need them.
"Triple 0 being privatized and outsourced to big corporations that are driven by their profits is making Australians unsafe.
"The fact that this latest incident has occurred so soon after the Optus Triple 0 outage shows that the Triple 0 system is clearly not fit-for-purpose. There are serious systemic issues that need close scrutiny and action from government.
"ACMA cannot be left to carry out the investigations into these issues alone. They have already demonstrated that they are not up to regulating the big telcos and that they have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to issues with Triple 0.
"The Senate inquiry into Triple 0 service outage will hold another hearing in December and will be closely looking at this latest issue.
