Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Triple Zero Custodian and Emergency Calling Powers) Bill 2025

Senator GREEN (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Tourism, Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Assistant Minister for Northern Australia) (12:32): The letter is not mysterious. There are no secret emails. It will be determined in consultation with regard to penalties.

We are seeking to pass this bill so that we can get on with establishing the Triple Zero Custodian into law, hopefully today, to ensure that we can take proactive steps about outages before they happen. Of course, a register of outages after the fact is something the minister has directed telcos to do, but the powers in this bill will allow proactive measures to be taken, and they're incredibly important.