Boost to triple zero services

VICTORIA’S crisis-plagued triple zero service is set to receive a major cash injection; however, the State Government was tight lipped about the ESTA’s failures, a report into which may not be released until mid-year. Photo: SPEC FILE.

By Lizzie Hallam

April 25, 2022 | 8:00 PM

THE beleaguered Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) has been widely speculated to receive a significant funding boost in the State Government’s budget in May, after being heavily criticised in recent months due to a series of patient deaths.

Allegations of exposed systemic failures and long delays for Victorians needing help led to a Victorian Government commissioned review in October 2021 into how the ESTA delivered its triple zero services.