Embattled telco Optus has been put on notice as the federal government prepares to push through new laws beefing up oversight of the industry.

The Singapore-owned company's chief executive Stephen Rue, along with the heads of rival telcos Telstra and TPG, have been summoned by Communications Minister Anika Wells to Canberra ahead of peak natural disaster season.

The sector is in the government's crosshairs after shocking revelations of triple-zero outages in September that were linked to the deaths of three people.

As parliament resumes for a shortened three-day sitting week on Tuesday, Ms Wells will look to rush through legislation enshrining a triple-zero custodian.

The measure was recommended in a review of a previous Optus emergency call outage in 2023 and is intended to increase o

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