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  "id": 14083007,
  "title": "‘Didn’t foot the bill’: Telstra outage cost the economy half a billion dollars, modelling finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/didnt-foot-the-bill-telstra-outage-cost-the-economy-half-a-billion",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T00:50:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/technology/didn-t-foot-the-bill-telstra-outage-cost-the-economy-half-a-billion-dollars-modelling-finds-20261013-p614zr.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Households and small businesses carried the cost of Telstra’s July outage, consumer advocates say, as the Senate debates mobile reliability laws this week.",
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        "title": "‘Didn’t foot the bill’: Telstra outage cost the economy half a billion dollars, modelling finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/didnt-foot-the-bill-telstra-outage-cost-the-economy-half-a-billion-14083027",
        "published": "2026-10-13T00:50:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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