YEAH NAH
actually ACMA did a awesome job
the telco's all 3.... did what ever they could to delay and not upgrade...
Australia has the same emergency service as MODERN european WITHOUT anything legacy... what does that mean ? 100%, (consider how hard it is to get 100% of anything) of the phones will when they phone 000 / 112 / 911 / 999 actually send a SMS (after 3 seconds) of their GPS fix and all the towers will triangulate as well to give the emergency services the best possible chance
fall down in a creek and your watch detects a fall it will give them the best chance of saving you
get bitten by a snake and phone for help they dont need to ask for directions
go the wrong way down the highway and phone for help... they dont need a translator to find you
FAARRK how many lives saved and your worrying about being forced to buy a phone that is not offshore model and not supported anymore vs the amount of money spent saving people spent by the tax payers
Visitors who turn up need a phone that works and need a modern version to get service and make calls so its one rule for all
ironically emergency is still supported for legacy bands for some time they just don't say that...
Australia is living in the future with regards bands allocation and LTE and 5G NSA / SA announced on their networks and we should be proud to save actual lives...