The Australian government will launch a national self-exclusion register to help people break away from gambling addiction following an alarming report on online gambling risk in the country. From Aug. 21, Australians can access BetStop, a free service that allows people to voluntarily exclude themselves from all licensed online betting companies nationwide. The exclusion period…

Elon Musk’s Twitter and other social media giants face the prospect of billions in fines after the Australian government released new laws targeting “misinformation and disinformation.” Following a months-long process, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released the draft legislation that will grant the country’s media regulatory body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), greater powers…

Elon Musk’s Twitter and other social media giants face the prospect of billions in fines after the Australian government released new laws targeting “misinformation and disinformation.” Following a months-long process, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released the draft legislation that will grant the country’s media regulatory body, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), greater powers…

A new register for text scams funded by the federal government should help stop fraudsters fleecing Australians via fake messages. Almost half the nation has been deceived by or exposed to a dodgy text message in the past year, says Communications Minister Michelle Rowland. As a result, an estimated $3.1 billion (US$2.07 billion) was lost. The…

New Australian government research has shown that gambling has become very common among the population, renewing concerns about gambling harm amid rising living cost pressures. According to a report by the Australian Gambling Research Centre, almost three in four Australian adults (73 percent) gambled at least once in the past 12 months, with 38 percent…

Representatives of dating apps will meet with the Australian federal government to discuss security measures and areas for potential law reform amid reports about high rates of assaults on the platforms. It comes as the government ramped up its online safety laws which will allow the eSafety Commission to regulate illegal and restricted content no matter…

A veteran radio journalist has raised concerns about the effect propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is having on Chinese-speaking Australians after he discovered that state-sponsored propaganda had been hitting the airwaves for over twenty years in Sydney. Nick Wong, a former Wellington-based Chinese newspaper publisher, as well as a former member of the…

Australian authorities have registered new rules requiring telecommunications companies in the country to identify, trace and block SMS scams to protect customers. The latest move by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) was to counter the rapidly rising number of SMS scams reported by people. Apart from blocking scam text messages, the new rules…