“Triple Zero are responding to cuts in funding from the Victorian government. The number of Triple Zero callers waiting more than a minute to be connected to an ambulance call-taker has been rising. Triple Zero Victoria is required to answer 90 per cent of emergency ambulance calls within five seconds each month. “Triple Zero Victoria plan every single day for surge capacity, and they have the appropriate resources in place to meet increased demand,” Ward said. In a statement, the government said any assertion that changes to staff would limit Triple Zero Victoria’s ability to take emergency calls was incorrect.