{"id":24112,"date":"2026-07-27T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/for-a-few-seconds-ausalert-blared-around-parks-libraries-and-cinemas-but-some-didnt-get-the-alert-at-all\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:37:25","slug":"for-a-few-seconds-ausalert-blared-around-parks-libraries-and-cinemas-but-some-didnt-get-the-alert-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/for-a-few-seconds-ausalert-blared-around-parks-libraries-and-cinemas-but-some-didnt-get-the-alert-at-all\/","title":{"rendered":"For a few seconds, AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas \u2013 but some didn\u2019t get the alert at all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal government touts emergency warning alert test as a success and says no approach works 100% of the time<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/jul\/27\/ausalert-emergency-warning-test-antisemitism-royal-commission-nsw-icac-inquiry-politics-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-victoria-jacinta-allan-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A blaring emergency warning alert Australians had been warned about was anti-climactic for some \u2013 and totally missed by others.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every phone in the country, alongside some smartwatches and tablets, was supposed to let off a loud noise at about 2pm AEST and receive a pop-up notification with the text \u201cTEST MESSAGE\u201d and \u201cNO ACTION IS REQUIRED\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jul\/27\/why-didnt-i-get-the-ausalert-sound-national-emergency-alert-test\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1407c76d1b1fa257e318c5fa5d7a84b2df769057\/714_0_4320_3456\/master\/4320.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d24dffa32ee944c4616f74a8cee5cafb\" title=\"For a few seconds, AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas \u2013 but some didn\u2019t get the alert at all\" \/>Federal government touts emergency warning alert test as a success and says no approach works 100% of the time<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>A blaring emergency warning alert Australians had been warned about was anti-climactic for some \u2013 and totally missed by others.<br \/>\nAlmost every phone in the country, alongside some smartwatches and tablets, was supposed to let off a loud noise at about 2pm AEST and receive a pop-up notification with the text \u201cTEST MESSAGE\u201d and \u201cNO ACTION IS REQUIRED\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal government touts emergency warning alert test as a success and says no approach works 100% of the time Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A blaring emergency warning alert Australians had been warned about was anti-climactic for some \u2013 and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/for-a-few-seconds-ausalert-blared-around-parks-libraries-and-cinemas-but-some-didnt-get-the-alert-at-all\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For a few seconds, AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas \u2013 but some didn\u2019t get the alert at all<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}