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Sports reporting in Australia

Sports reporting in Australia is covered by a Voluntary Code of Practice for Sports News Reporting. It applies to all media—print, broadcast and digital.

Commercial TV

The content of commercial television programs must comply with conditions in the station’s licence, ACMA program standards, and industry codes of practice.

Reception issues

Smaller or more isolated Australian communities can provide their own retransmission equipment to receive and locally retransmit a broadcasting service (radio or television).

Publications

An overview of the publications program and listing key publications

Policy listing

Disclaimer

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Accessibility

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Reporting fraud

We are committed to preventing, detecting and investigating fraud and pursuing appropriate remedies (including prosecution) and recovery actions, in accordance with the Commonwealth Fraud Control...

A good time to consider two-factor authentication

19 June 2013

Many popular sites offer optional extra log on security. You should enable it....

A new variant of OS X malware discovered: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

15 October 2013

A variant of malware known as “Tibet” has recently been identified targeting Apple OS X computers running older versions of Java. ...

About the Adobe data breach, advice to Adobe customers

9 October 2013

Update - 30 October 2013: the estimated number of customers affected has been revised to 38 million...

All about phone scams

7 June 2012

A range of phone-based scams have been documented in recent months. This message will help you understand the nature of common phone scams, and how you can avoid them. ...

Android users warned of malware

30 October 2012

The Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3), a partnership between the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US based National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) has issued a warning about...

Apple ID account holders targeted by double chance phishing email

21 August 2013

Apple ID account holders need to be cautious of a sophisticated phishing camping targeting your Apple ID, personal information and credit card details. ...

Apple phishing emails increasing

22 July 2013

We just wanted to let you know that our Alert Service has a brand new look! There will be more information in the August newsletter. ...

ASIC warns Australians about overseas loan scams: SSO Alert Priority High

13 March 2014

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned potential borrowers about a lending scam which has used fake websites and online advertisements offering fake loans to target...

Australia Post ‘tracking notification' email carries malware: SSO Alert Priority High

20 November 2013

A large surge in fake emails pretending to be Australia Post parcel tracking notifications has been reported carrying a malicious ‘downloader’ malware as an attachment. ...

Australia Post warns of fraudulent emails

21 March 2013

Various fake emails target Australia Post customers...

Australia Post warns of more “courier unable to deliver” scam emails: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

1 March 2014

Australia Post has issued a warning advising its customers of the return of an old phishing campaign that mimics Australia Post emails. ...

Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) Twitter account hacked

8 August 2013

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has confirmed its Twitter account @AusElectoralCom was compromised early on Tuesday 6 August, with scam messages sent from the account directly to some...