Headlines: Telstra makes 600+ welfare checks

Today's headlines include: 

• Telstra says it has carried out 639 welfare checks on people whose calls to Triple Zero did not go through during outages earlier this week.
• The U.S. military says it has completed an additional ‌round of strikes against Iran, which it said were aimed at keeping the critical Strait of Hormuz open.
• Childhood vaccination rates have fallen over the past five years while more Australians have chronic disease, according to a major report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
• And today’s good news! A woman has set a new record for rowing solo from the U.S. west coast to Hawai’i, crossing the ocean in just 43 days.

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