🚨 Hear The Shrill Emergency Alert Coming To Every Mobile In Australia Next Month

A blaring siren will sound at the same time on all of the 25 million mobile phones within service range around the country.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you noticed lately the government just to be seems
to be right on with all these TV ads and
safety messages and things like that and breaking news. On
the twenty seventh of July, every phone in Australia will
sound a loud test emergency alert.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
This just come up on my phone. So on the
twenty second of July, every single smartphone in Australia will
have a loud emergency alert. It'll be able to sound
an immediate loud sign to all mobile device's phones, smart watches, tablets.
It'll override silent and do not disturb mode. It'll reach
every phone with an active SIN and SIN non active SIN.

(00:37):
I've seen your phone and may reach those without as well.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and they testing at two pm. Well yeah, I
was reading this so in Western Australia on Friday at
good morning, twelve o'clock on Friday. I then and a
test it there, then Tenant Creek this Thursday at ten am.
Then Cooya Beach, a new and Wonga Beach in Queensland.
Oh that's today too, which they've already had it. They

(01:01):
had it at two are Liverpool, will we Wednesday four pm?
Queen being on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
So these are just it's being tested.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Yeah, and Geelong on Thursday at two pm. So that's
just Lincoln on Saturday.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
That's the testing for all eleven am, all of us
are going to have that happen on the twenty seventh
of July at two pm, is to standard time.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Do we know what it sounds like? The thing? Jami
Rice waving his hands around.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I found what the siren will sound like. I like this.
We're trying to Bryan, We're trying to give serious information.
Trying to give serious information. No, actually, this is for real.
It sounds like this. Okay, that'll do.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
We can't frighten people dancing.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
That's what it will sound like. Do not be alarmed.
It's only a test to what end I don't know,
to alert us to Delta's new album. I don't know
to what end,