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Minister warns Optus: fatal 000 failure will have 'significant consequences'

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The Communications Minister says Optus can expect to 'suffer significant consequences' following a 000 outage linked to multiple deaths The Australian Commication and Media Authority has launched an investigation into the failure, with authorities looking to obtain significant information from the telco to understand what happened.
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