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Scammers can disguise their number so it looks like your bank is calling — here are red flags to watch for

Your phone says the call is coming from your bank, the caller knows your address and they're using the same language a banker would use, but it feels off. Here's why it might be a scammer.

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Kyle Sandilands Will Complete Sensitivity Training After Making Vile Comments About Paralympians

Kyle Sandilands shut the fuck up challenge.

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KIIS FM’s Kyle Sandilands forced into sensitivity training after offensive comments about Paralympians

Station employs second censor after Acma finds radio host’s mocking remarks breached decency provisions

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Online casinos based offshore are illegally targeting Australians on Facebook. Who is responsible?

A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.

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Scammers can slip fake texts into legitimate SMS threads. Will a government crackdown stop them?

Are you tired of receiving SMS scams pretending to be from Australia Post, the tax office, MyGov and banks? You’re not alone. Each year, thousands of Australians fall victim to SMS scams. And losses have surged in recent years.

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BetStop sports gambling self-exclusion register is almost here, but some doubt it will work

The national register — dubbed BetStop — is designed to help problem gamblers block themselves from the lure of sports betting, and is due to be launched any day.

ABC News

National online gambling self-exclusion register faces pushback from crucial NT regulator

NT Racing Commission vows to continue its own low-tech system unless changes are made to federal government’s BetStop scheme

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Billionaire stoush over alleged media bias highlights the need for greater media diversity

The recent stoush between mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes is just the latest flashing neon sign above the parlous state of media diversity in Australia.

The Conversation

Gambling giant in the hole over 'cheeky punt' texts

BetDeluxe has been fined $50,000 for spamming customers with a text that encouraged them to have a "cheeky punt".

AAP

Scammers put on notice for text message fraud

A register blocking fraudsters from scamming their victims through text messages, will be investigated by the nation's communications and media authority.

AAP

First firm pinged for breaching anti-scam SMS laws

A telecommunications company has become the first to breach Australia's strict anti-SMS scam rules after failing to comply with new industry regulations.

AAP

Australian telcos block 90 million spam texts in just seven months

Getting a lot of spam texts? It could be worse – Australian telcos blocked more than 90 million suspected scam texts in just over half a year, the communications regulator reveals.

ABC News

Peter Dutton linked the end of the cashless debit card to crime in Alice Springs. What are the facts?

Peter Dutton linked the end of the cashless debit card to increasing crime in Alice Springs. But there's one major problem with his claim.

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Australia’s media regulator to get new powers to crack down on online misinformation

Government says Acma will be able to impose a compulsory code of conduct against disinformation on digital platforms

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Clash of media giants ABC and Fox over airing of the Big Lie

The ABC has defended an "outstanding piece of journalism" on flagship investigative program Four Corners after getting a slapdown from the media watchdog

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ABC's Justin Stevens defends Four Corners investigation after ACMA finds Fox News episodes breached code of practice

The double episode, presented by Sarah Ferguson and titled Fox and the Big Lie, aired in 2021 and examined Fox's role in propagating and legitimising Donald Trump's allegations of election fraud in the 2020 US presidential election.

ABC News

Blake banned himself from gaming venues, but he lost another $300,000 through online casinos

Many Australians are accessing virtual casinos via offshore gambling sites. The under-regulated industry is increasingly being fuelled by cryptocurrencies.

ABC News

Bonnie received a call from a wine company out of the blue — and when she tried to complain, she was disconnected

When Bonnie Tuttle received a telemarketing call from a wine retailer out of the blue, she told them she was sober — so she was shocked when they then tried to sell her alcohol.

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Courier-Mail columnist Peter Gleeson weathers scandal as more plagiarism revealed

Journalist apologises for ‘unintentional’ lifting of material from political analysis written by Josh Bavas and is revealed to have copied Queensland parliament factsheet. Plus: Quillette charges US$150 for New Orleans social

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Seven breached rules by airing gambling ads during Olympics coverage, Acma finds

Authority also finds Nine broke rules by showing gambling ad during NRL grand final

ABC News

Information commissioner, ACMA to investigate Optus data hack

Further investigations by the information commissioner and the communications authority are being launched into the Optus cyber attack that affected millions of customers last month.

The Guardian - AU

Optus could face millions in fines as two new data breach investigations launched

Media regulator and privacy watchdog announce new probes into telco as ACCC reveals it is being flooded with complaints about Optus-related scams

ABC News

Past Optus customers have had their data exposed — why did the company still have it?

Past Optus customers caught up in the data breach are questioning why the company was still holding on to their information.

ABC News

Does 5G pose a health risk? ARPANSA scientists say Melbourne study suggests the answer is no

One of the researchers says he hopes the results will help to remove some of the emotion from the long-running debate over 5G.

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CrowdTangle lets researchers track Facebook disinformation. So why's it on Meta's chopping block?

Australian researchers are worried they'll lose a key way of tracking disinformation on Facebook, amid reports Meta plans to wind down its CrowdTangle tool.

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