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AusPayNet’s first resilience report skips the Telstra outage

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12 Aug, 2026
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Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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12 Aug, 2026
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AusPayNet's first Resilience in Payments report calls preparedness an industry-wide job, but its only Australian case study is the 2023 Optus outage, not July's Telstra failure.
AusPayNet’s first resilience report skips the Telstra outage
AusPayNet Head of Payment Transformation and Industry Resilience Arjun Gupta. Background generated by AI.

AusPayNet's first Resilience in Payments report calls preparedness an industry-wide job, but its only Australian case study is the 2023 Optus outage, not July's Telstra failure.

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