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Zac de Silva

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Watchdog challenged over triple zero risk in old phones - The Untold Story

Australian Communications and Media Authority chair Nerida O'Loughlin was challenged on triple zero. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Telcos and not the regulator are responsible for telling customers their phones could be blocked from making triple-zero calls, the communications watchdog says.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has defended its role under questioning by parliamentarians over the death of a man whose phone could not call the emergency line.

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