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‘Scuttlebutt’: information black-out after power outage

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When power went out across the outback after a freak storm, anxiety, scepticism and fear rose in the dark.

Far-west NSW communities could not get accurate details about their electricity supply or where to get help due to telecommunications failures after the storm in October 2024.

That created an atmosphere of mistrust as unpredictable electricity black-outs hit Broken Hill and surrounding remo...


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