Residents of Maningrida went almost five days without mobile phone coverage before service was restored this afternoon, leaving residents struggling to buy essentials such as food and fuel.
The remote Northern Territory community of Maningrida went almost five days without mobile phone coverage before services were restored this afternoon, leaving residents "desperate" to access food and other supplies with dwindling cash reserves.Access to food, healthcare and emergency services were heavily compromised during the outageTelstra restored services early this afternoon
"A lot of money is tied up in BasicsCards, so it means that that income-management system has totally failed people here with regards to being able to purchase food.She said the outage was also preventing people from getting help in emergency situations. Ms Scholes said community members had banded together to support each other, with the local council putting on community cook-ups at lunch and dinner times.
"It's extremely frustrating, because this occurrence happens almost on an annual basis, around Christmas, when the Telstra line goes down, for whatever reason."
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