Australia news live: vulnerable women and children warned to turn off concealed phones during national emergency alert test next week

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Australia's proposed national emergency warning system, AusAlert, has raised concerns for regional Queenslanders. The system will send emergency messages to mobile phones, but residents dependent on landlines may be left out. Queensland's police and emergency services minister, Dan Purdie, has expressed concerns about how regional Queenslanders will access information. The system was created in response to the 2020 black summer bushfire royal commission. Vulnerable women and children are also being warned to turn off concealed phones during a national emergency alert test next week, as part of the AusAlert system rollout. The test is scheduled to take place next week.

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