Yuyutsu,
Exactly !

Politicians are the greatest threat to our security, closely followed by gormless Australians who keep voting for them.

Another 6 day Telstra outage in WA has caused problems for the cashless chumps.

ttbn,

"gormless Australians who keep voting for them (politicians)". Who do you vote for? The chimpanzee candidate from One Nation, in that case you could hardly be accused of voting for a politician.

Yuyutsu, it is an unrecognised problem.
Some like me when a severe outburst from the sun heads our way disconnect our antennas, just to be cautious.
So if the underseas cables are damaged some communications are still available.
I am sure the government via the ADF will have made provision for HF
communications.

Dear Bezza,

This phenomena is well recognised, even weaponised: http://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/Pubs/320-090_elecpuls_fs.pdf

When a severe magnetic storm from the sun is directed straight towards this planet, the undersea cables may remain intact, but all electronic circuits on earth will fry - starting from the most modern ones where the distances between metal semi-conductor lines on the silicon chip are smallest: HURRAY!

Older devices like electrical typewriters, electrical sewing machines, fridges, manually-operated diesel generators and even radios from the 1960's with transistors so large that they are visible to the naked human eye, will likely survive.