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Australia has bolstered its defences against scammers, revealing a trial program has blocked more than 2,500 harmful text ...

Vocus is the first local telco to offer a new scam protection solution to reduce scam calls across its network.

Date Time Optus And FraudWatch Mark Ten Years of Protecting Optus Customers from Malicious Online Attacks As part of our efforts to protect our customers, Optus has proactively partnered with FraudWatch International, the leader in the Anti-Phishing and Online Brand Protection. In the ten years the two companies have worked together, FraudWatch has taken down more than 3,171 phishing emails, brand abuse, fake mobile apps and fake social media sites from a combination of proactive detection by FraudWatch and from reports from Optus and our customers. Andrew Sheridan, Optus Vice President Regul...

Foreign Relations Bill set to increase federal government oversight of state and territory arrangements Last week, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 ( Bill) passed both houses, bringing state and territory government arrangements with foreign territories within the domain of federal government oversight. The Bill is intended to ensure consistency between state and territory arrangements and the broader national interest by allowing the federal government to veto arrangements that are inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy or that may adversely af...