Promised mobile disaster alert system overdue and not operational as Cyclone Alfred approaches
ABCAustralians at threat of a disaster will have to rely on text message warnings from existing state-led services, with the federal government conceding its replacement service is not yet operational. "The promised emergency text messaging service not being online in the government's time frame is unacceptable," she said in a statement. ABC Politics in your inbox Photo shows Politics journalist Brett Worthington on a black backgournd Sign up to the ABC Politics newsletter with Brett Worthington "The current emergency alert system was always going to be the primary messaging system for the 2024-2025 High Risk Weather Season," they said. "I've lost count of the number of times that I've been to disaster communities who say — and one of the biggest complaints is — they just don't get emergency warnings fast enough," Senator Watt said. In the same budget, the government committed funds for a so-called public safety mobile broadband system to allow for "seamless communications between various agencies and between various states".
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