House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Optus Emergency Outage Optus Emergency Outage Mr WHETSTONE House of Assembly Chaffey Optus Emergency Outage Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (14:15): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services. Has the government received assurances from Optus and other telco providers that the 000 backup systems are in place to protect emergency access for all South Australians? The Hon. R.K. PEARCE House of Assembly King Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing Optus Emergency Outage The Hon. R.K. PEARCE (King—Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:16): I would like to thank the member for his question on that matter. It gives me an opportunity to add to the Premier's comments about what happened just a little while ago with the Optus outage. It is absolutely unacceptable. We want people to be able to call 000 and feel reassured they will get the help and the advice they need. As the Premier has stated, we have made every possible inquiry to determine what had happened at this point in time and what supports needed to be provided with that. We have made every engagement through communications with the federal government to ensure this is thoroughly investigated to make sure this does not happen again.