If you are using a browser which allows you to stop the page loading you can generally stop the load as soon as the page opens and still read it - it sometimes takes a couple of refreshes to get the timing right. The other basic articles that are limited but not subscriber only you can just open in an incognito tab if you’ve gone over the free limit.

https://12ft.io/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/hundreds-of-triple-zero-calls-left-waiting-despite-pass-for-agency-benchmarks-20240123-p5ezd6.html

Or

https://archive.is/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/hundreds-of-triple-zero-calls-left-waiting-despite-pass-for-agency-benchmarks-20240123-p5ezd6.html