Payphone services
We provide around 16,800 public payphones throughout Australia to meet the needs of people who are out and about.
We have a universal service obligation to ensure that payphones are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia, no matter where they live or conduct business. We supply, install and maintain our payphones in Australia. We allow for public consultation on the location of payphones and try to resolve any complaints.
Here you'll find information on the public consultation process as well as how to make a complaint if you disagree with our final decision on a payphone location or removal.
Payphone register and locator
To find the location of a public payphone, use our Payphone locator search tool.
We will consult with the general public where we're proposing to either install a new payphone or to remove an existing payphone.
Information regarding current proposals may be accessed by opening the documents attached below. Where no documents are attached under either of the proposal types, that means there are no current proposals.
Public consultation documents
- Lot 268 Balamurra Street, Ngukurr, NT 0852
- Outside Northbourne Flats, 138 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon, ACT 2612
Payphone removal proposal notifications
- Outside Railway Park, 64 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, NSW 2481
- Lot 268 Balamurra Street, Ngukurr, NT 0852
- Outside 55 John Street, Salisbury, SA 5108
- Corner of 17 Carnarvon Street and Short Street, Broome, WA 6725
- Outside 57 James Street, Perth, WA 6000
- Outside Northbourne Flats, 138 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon, ACT 2612
Payphone relocation proposal notifications
- Outside 98 Tapleys Hill Road near Kibby Avenue, Glenelg North, SA 5045
- Corner of 729 South Road and Cowper Road, Black Forest, SA 5035
Payphone installations proposal notifications
- N/A
The following process and timeframes will apply where Telstra has made a final decision about the proposed installation or removal of a payphone:
If you disagree with Telstra's decision, you must lodge a complaint with Telstra about that decision within 20 working days from the date when Telstra provided its written notification of the final decision.
We will provide an acknowledgement and a complaint reference number within 5 working days of receiving the complaint.
Telstra will provide a response, in writing, to the complaint within 20 working days of receiving the complaint.
If the complaint is in relation to a decision to remove a payphone, then it must relate to a decision where the removal would result in no other payphone remaining at that location.
If you are dissatisfied with Telstra's response to the complaint in relation to a final decision regarding a payphone removal proposal, you may lodge an objection with the ACMA within 10 working days from when Telstra provides its written response to that complaint.
Complaints may be made by:
Writing to:
Telstra Payphone Siting Manager
Locked Bag 4850, Melbourne Vic 3001
Email:
payphone.solutions@team.telstra.com
Phone during business hours:
Payphone enquiry line
1800 011 433, Option 2 (free call from fixed phones)
For information about making an enquiry or lodging a complaint in a language other than English, please visit our Multicultural services.