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Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST] (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The US has a similar alert system for emergencies and most alerts you see are to look for a number plate because of a recent child abduction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    We've had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.

    But I don't think we'll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    We've already got amber alerts here, have for nearly a decade, except for some stupid reason the government did an exclusivity deal with Facebook so you only get them if you use their app.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago

    That's not really amber alerts then, and I don't care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it's a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.

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