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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

UNCOVERED: Triple zero text option to be trialled in safety push - Caught on Camera

There could be a major change in how Australians can access emergency services. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians may soon be able to contact emergency services via a simple text message, in a push to keep people safer.

A text response will be tested by the country's Triple Zero Custodian, who was responsible for ensuring the emergency system works properly, Communications Minister Anika Wells said in a statement on Tuesday.

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