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More than 5,700 illegal messages sent to VIPs trigger Tabcorp fine

Adrianne Saplagio

June 27, 2025

Tabcorp Holdings Limited (TAB) has been fined $4,003,270 for breaching Australia’s spam laws by sending over 5,700 marketing messages to…

Telstra to face independent review after emergency call service outage

Adrianne Saplagio

June 25, 2025

Telstra will undergo an independent review after mistakenly cutting off access to the emergency call relay service relied on by…

$45,000 lost to scams after Circles.Life fails ID checks—ACMA responds

Adrianne Saplagio

June 2, 2025

Circles.Life has been fined $413,160 for breaching telco ID rules, exposing customers to identity theft and financial loss. An ACMA…

Telegram under fire for delayed response to online safety notice

Adrianne Saplagio

March 9, 2025

eSafety has fined Telegram nearly $1 million for missing a transparency reporting deadline by over five months. The delay withheld…

Telstra in hot water over broadband speed cuts without customer notice

Commsadmin

February 28, 2025

The Federal Court has ruled that Telstra misled nearly 9,000 Belong customers about their broadband upload speeds. This decision follows…