Flood relief tests Queensland shared services strategy

The Queensland Government has apologised after its shared call centre systems were overloaded during a flood relief telethon on Sunday night, which by consequence delayed emergency SES calls from actual flood victims.

A Channel Nine telethon – which raised over $10 million for victims of Queensland's enormous flood damage - directed calls using the same communications infrastructure flood victims use to make emergency calls to the SES (State Emergency Service).

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