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Foxtel breached gambling ad rules during AFL game, ACMA finds
ACMA 2025-03-07 5:45 pm By Andy Sidler

Cable television provider Foxtel has been pulled up by the media regulator for displaying a gambling advertisement during an AFL match without attaching a responsible gambling notice. 

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Telstra fined $626,000 for breaching spam laws
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-06 4:27 pm By Andy Sidler

Telstra has been hit with a $626,00 penalty for sending over 10 million text messages that required customers to log in before unsubscribing. 

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Telstra cops $394,000 penalty for NBN speed testing failures
Telecommunications 2025-01-29 9:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telstra has paid a $394,380 penalty for shirking its obligation to check internet speeds when migrating customers to the NBN.

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Telcos to face $10M penalties for industry code breaches
Policy and Regulation 2025-01-21 10:46 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Telcos are set to face penalties of up to $10 million for breaching the industry code under a suite of proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act.

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Telstra pays $3M penalty over Triple Zero outage
Telecommunications 2024-12-11 3:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Telstra has been hit with a $3 million penalty for failing to follow emergency call rules during a Triple Zero outage in March.

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Albanese government dumps misinformation bill
Media 2024-11-25 1:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Alabese government has dumped a bill to combat misinformation and disinformation online following opposition from Liberal and Greens senators.

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Optus slapped with $12m penalty over Triple-0 outage
Telecommunications 2024-11-08 2:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a “preventable” nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.

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Optus denies cyberattack was not ‘highly sophisticated’
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-22 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Optus has struck back at ACMA’s claim that a cyberattack that exposed the information of around 10 million customers was not a “highly sophisticated” operation.

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CBA hit with $7.5M penalty for breaching spam laws
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-17 4:50 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank has paid a $7.5 million penalty after an ACMA investigation found it sent over 170 million emails that violated spam laws. 

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Telstra cops $1.5M penalty for flouting customer ID rules
Telecommunications 2024-07-17 11:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telstra has been hit with a $1.5 million penalty from the communications regulator for failing to perform the requisite costumer ID authentication on over 150,000 “high-risk” interactions, such as SIM card swaps.

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