Telstra's new free payphone scheme could change the lives of Australia's most vulnerable

Cai Holroyd
Updated August 10 2021 - 12:41pm, first published August 7 2021 - 12:00pm
RING RING: Val Woodland is a volunteer with the Griffith Suicide Prevention and Support Group, and says the new free payphone plan could change lives. PHOTO: Cai Holroyd
RING RING: Val Woodland is a volunteer with the Griffith Suicide Prevention and Support Group, and says the new free payphone plan could change lives. PHOTO: Cai Holroyd

Telstra has announced a surprise shift in how payphones work, now acting as free phones for anyone in Australia to use.

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Cai Holroyd

Cai Holroyd

Journalist

Journalist for the Area News in Griffith. RMIT graduate. Full-time writer and part-time nuisance. Been described as 'present.'

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