On October 8, 2025, Australia formally raised concerns with Singapore over the recent Optus emergency call outage, which disrupted critical services nationwide. The incident, which lasted several hours last week, prevented thousands of Australians from reaching police, fire, and ambulance services via the Triple Zero (000) hotline. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discussed the matter with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, as Optus is owned by Singapore-based Singtel. The Australian government has demanded a detailed explanation and accountability for the outage, citing national security and public safety implications. Singapore has assured full cooperation in investigating the technical failure and preventing future disruptions. Meanwhile, Australian regulators are assessing whether Optus breached telecommunications reliability obligations. #OptusOutage #AustraliaNews #Singapore #EmergencyServices #Telecom #Singtel #AnthonyAlbanese #LawrenceWong #PublicSafety #TechFailure
