Later today (July 27 2026) 2:pm nsw time the government will issue what is called aus alert which means every phone in Australia will have an alarm at the exact same time. If you are someone that uses a safety phone it is best to turn it off for 24 hours. I would also recommend avoiding traffic or any situation that could cause danger to the governments poorly planned aus alert.
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How exactly is this test poorly planned?
It has been widely advertised and they’ve been pushing the message about safety phones as well
My concern with it was more the expectation that safety phones be turned off for 24 hours which is not really an option and the deadline being to early because people can still miss it when you are trying to advertise to an entire population.
What do you want them to do though, create a national registry of safety phones to exclude from the tests? Or not test the system, and then not have alerts go off when natural disasters hit? [This has been known was going to happen for over six months] (https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/emergency-warning-text-and-siren-to-be-sent-to-every-phone-in-australia-20260226-p5o5kh.html)
I just think they should respect device settings and not try to override them. Also a national registry would be silly and cause more trouble than it fixes.
Also a national registry would be silly and cause more trouble than it fixes.
My point.
In this context, what is a safety phone?
A safety phone is a phone used by people in domestic violence situations as a spare phone to help them get out of the situation.
I was assuming, but wasn’t sure. Thanks m8
No problem.
Why can’t they respect a device setting that says “don’t ring this phone ever, because that will put me in danger” ?
I would also recommend avoiding traffic or any situation that could cause danger to the governments poorly planned aus alert.
Good advice. Here in Romania the alert sounds are quite annoying:
