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Aussies feel social media fails to stop 'scam war'

Aussies feel social media fails to stop 'scam war'

One in five Australians believe social media giants are encouraging scams to occur on the platforms, a new survey reveals.

Government lays foundation for social housing upswing

Government lays foundation for social housing upswing

Government lays foundation for social housing upswing

Government lays foundation for social housing upswing

Billions of dollars in funding have been allocated to states and territories in Labor's plan to address shortfalls in social housing and homelessness services.

Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Family history projects, arts programs and small hall upgrades have a profound effect in country towns. But a major foundation says funding is hard to come by.

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Publisher warns of Meta 'blackmail' on news media code

Publisher warns of Meta 'blackmail' on news media code

Major news outlets accuse Facebook's parent company of daring the government to take action against it, and warn newspapers could close if it fails to act.

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

Indigenous language program for patients takes flight

A Northern Territory medical service is breaking down barriers with a program using animated videos to explain patients' rights in local Indigenous languages.

Women lumped with exes' debts after escaping abuse

Women lumped with exes' debts after escaping abuse

Australian women are increasingly seeking help for financial abuse as partners lump them with crippling company tax debts.

Breathing new life into funeral traditions

Breathing new life into funeral traditions

How Australians celebrate the lives of their loved ones is changing, but some question whether a funeral industry dominated by two major players can keep up.

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Lies, bad ads, no rules - social media under scrutiny

Lies, bad ads, no rules - social media under scrutiny

Lies, bad ads, no rules - social media under scrutiny

Lies, bad ads, no rules - social media under scrutiny

Academics at six universities are teaming up to create a national body to investigate online misinformation, social media risks and missing regulations.

How bra fittings are helping save rural women's lives

How bra fittings are helping save rural women's lives

How bra fittings are helping save rural women's lives

How bra fittings are helping save rural women's lives

A charity that offers free bra fittings to rural women has partnered with health organisations to raise rates of breast screening in Indigenous communities.

New health service helps bereaved mums like Cassidy

New health service helps bereaved mums like Cassidy

New health service helps bereaved mums like Cassidy

New health service helps bereaved mums like Cassidy

A new psychological telehealth service will help rural, Indigenous and young mums and their families recover from stillbirth and miscarriage.

University orders pro-Palestine protesters to leave

University orders pro-Palestine protesters to leave

University orders pro-Palestine protesters to leave

University orders pro-Palestine protesters to leave

University of Sydney management has ordered students at a long-running pro-Palestine encampment to leave the site after the failure of a "peaceful resolution".

'Please explain' for watchdog's robodebt probe decision

'Please explain' for watchdog's robodebt probe decision

'Please explain' for watchdog's robodebt probe decision

'Please explain' for watchdog's robodebt probe decision

About 900 complaints have been made since the federal corruption watchdog announced it wouldn't investigate six public officials connected to an illegal scheme.

Student AI deepfake images reflective of porn crisis

Student AI deepfake images reflective of porn crisis

Student AI deepfake images reflective of porn crisis

Student AI deepfake images reflective of porn crisis

Pornography is driving bad behaviour in Australian schools with an artificial intelligence deepfake scandal reflective of a crisis, experts have warned.

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

Custodial staff cleared of misconduct over teen's death

A corruption watchdog has found no evidence to support claims of serious misconduct before a teenager fatally self-harmed in the youth wing of an adult prison.

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Advocate given second chance in robodebt document fight

Human rights activist Justin Warren has won an appeal in a long-running legal battle to access documents behind the botched robodebt scheme.

Elderly left waiting months for care as demand surges

Older Australians are being forced to wait longer for home care as demands blows out, with an ageing population set to exacerbate the issue in coming decades.

X labels eSafety church case drop a win for free speech

Elon Musk's X has warned of legal powers used to censor speech after the eSafety Commissioner dropped a court battle over videos of a Sydney church stabbing.

'Forgotten kids' in detention falling between cracks

The plight of children in custody in Australia has again been highlighted with judges describing one child's lengthy isolation as a disgrace and embarrassment.

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Rural Australians left up in the air as banks shut down

Up to 600 Australian towns no longer have a bank, forcing country people to go to extraordinary lengths to manage their money.

Apology a decade after Aboriginal woman died in custody

An apology has been issued by the Western Australian police and the country health service over the death of a young Aboriginal woman in custody in 2014.

Fast track for applications in race to build new homes

Planning approvals for social and affordable housing will be prioritised as NSW struggles towards meeting its nationally agreed home-building goal.

Housing tower residents given more time to reframe case

A Supreme Court judge has given public housing residents another month to reformulate their case against the Victorian government.

Safeguards needed to police fake porn generation apps

Some phone apps and websites have little to no protections to stop people from using AI-image generation to create porn from photos without a person's consent.

Healing heart makes space for mourning miscarriage

A glittering heart marks Australia's first memorial space for babies lost to miscarriage, a brainchild of a woman who knows the grief of losing an unborn child.

AI a 'powerful aid' for disinformation spreaders

One of Australia's leading intelligence agencies fears malign actors could use generative AI to boost disinformation in both quantity and quality.

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