Opposition spokeswoman makes ‘no apology’ for calls to triple zero during Telstra outage

Senator Sarah Henderson faced criticism after calling triple zero multiple times on Wednesday during the Telstra outage to confirm she could still get through to emergency services.

The opposition communications spokeswoman told 3AW host Heidi Murphy she made no apology for doing her job.

Press PLAY to hear Ms Henderson’s explanation for her actions

“Yesterday morning we were hearing nothing about the outage, an outage that was causing chaos and deep distress across the country,” she said.

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