Taylor floats China link to Telstra outage despite lacking evidence

Angus Taylor suggested Wednesday's Telstra outage might be connected to a Chinese missile test in the Pacific, then conceded he had no idea if any link existed. Both Telstra and the government had already ruled out sabotage, identifying a faulty time-keeping server instead. Communications Minister Anika Wells, returning from leave, hit back at Taylor and Barnaby Joyce for making unfounded claims.