Police investigating regional death

On the evening of Wednesday 8 July, South Australia Police (SAPOL) repeatedly attempted to contact Senator Kerrynne Liddle to obtain information relating to a Facebook post concerning the Triple Zero (000) outage without success.

One of her staff was contacted and advised SAPOL had no knowledge of a death related to the Triple Zero outage and requested any information held by Senator Liddle.

Her staff member advised her office would not be providing any information to police.

On Thursday 9 July, police attended the office of Senator Liddle and spoke with both the staff member and Senator Liddle. As a result, contact was subsequently made with the family of an individual who died at a regional hospital on Wednesday 8 July.

Police were not notified of the death. After being advised of the death, police immediately commenced an investigation into the cause and circumstances.

A report will be provided to the Coroner.