This is another tool in the tool belt for emergency service agencies to have during a natural disaster, but as always, people need to understand their local context," she said.
On the role of AusAlert in emergency management.
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So the benchmark that the National Emergency Management Agency set was for 90 per cent of towers; we've reached nearly 94 per cent of towers across the country," she said.
We'll continue to work with the technology. We'll continue to work with the telco partners and our phone manufacturers to make sure that we can hit as many people as possible," she said.
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