Post #4151337
2026-07-27 06:11 UTC
Did Australia not have mobile alerts at all until now?
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@simon_w@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-28 00:59
@PetraOleum@cloudisland.nz the current system (http://www.emergencyalert.gov.au) is SMS based and had massive issues with delayed receiving (some as late as 2 weeks) or not being received at all during the 19/20 fire season. Australia also doesn’t require verification of SMS sender ID, so yeah. The one benefit it has, and the stated reason Queensland aren’t going to use AusAlert, is it can also automatically call landlines.