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Nick Wilson, Farid Farid and Samantha Lock

EXPLAINED: Telstra outage exposes fragile critical infrastructure | Rare Historical Photos

A software issue affecting nodes has been blamed for an outage that affected triple-zero calls. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's largest telco has finished all additional triple zero welfare checks as the government demands ''total transparency'' over a crippling outage.

The communications regulator is investigating Telstra's widespread network disruption on Wednesday that hit transport, businesses, emergency services and healthcare.

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