{"id":35291,"date":"2025-10-08T05:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=35291"},"modified":"2025-10-08T05:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:56:32","slug":"greens-welcome-triple-zero-custodian-bill-call-for-further-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/greens-welcome-triple-zero-custodian-bill-call-for-further-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Welcome Triple Zero Custodian Bill, Call for Further Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for communications, responds to Triple 0 Custodian legislation introduced today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo avoid another deadly disaster, Australians deserve a telecommunications regime with stronger penalties, stronger regulations and a watchdog with teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Greens welcome the long awaited introduction of legislation for a Triple 0 Custodian today after 18 long months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOptus has fundamentally failed Australians and what we now need is a change of culture that puts public safety ahead of profits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralians should be able to trust that if they dial Triple 0, someone will answer the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile Optus must be held to account for their failure, the Government also has responsibility to ensure that this most essential service works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe welcome any steps that will help to restore Australians\u2019 faith in the Triple 0 system and we will be closely analysing this legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the legislation comes to the Senate later this month, the Greens will look to increase penalties for these big companies, including criminal penalties. If a deadly incident like this were to happen again, the highest of penalties should be on the table.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time the Government sent a strong message to these telecommunications companies that public safety must come first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need far stronger penalties and far stronger regulation. These companies have been self-regulating for far too long and it\u2019s putting Australians at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for communications, responds to Triple 0 Custodian legislation introduced today. \u201cTo avoid another deadly disaster, Australians deserve a telecommunications regime with stronger penalties, stronger regulations and a watchdog with teeth. \u201cThe Greens welcome the long awaited introduction of legislation for a Triple 0 Custodian today after 18 long months. \u201cOptus has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/greens-welcome-triple-zero-custodian-bill-call-for-further-penalties\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens Welcome Triple Zero Custodian Bill, Call for Further Penalties&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35292,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291\/revisions\/35292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}