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Payphones — neither gone, nor forgotten

A Telstra payphone in Melbourne

A Telstra payphone in Melbourne Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS

Telstra has revealed since payphones became free to use in 2021, there have been over 40 million calls made across Australia. More than 250,000 of those calls were made to emergency services - reiterating the importance of payphones for vulnerable people.


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