Person on dating app. | Newsreel

Dating apps to be rated under new safety code

Online dating apps have six months to conform to a new code focussed on user safety, which came into effect this week. Co-designed with the industry, the
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Cyber crime. | Newsreel

Leaders of Evil Corp hit with sanctions

Australia has targeted Russian members of Evil Corp, one of the world’s longest running cybercrime groups. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said financial sanctions and
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Woman worried looking at computer. | Newsreel

Timely reporting returns $777,000 to fraud victim

An Australian woman tricked into transferring more than $800,000 to a fraudulent business in a real estate transaction has had most of it returned due to timely
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Elderly woman with head in hands. | Newsreel

Childhood trauma a trigger for elder abuse

Childhood trauma can lead to an increase in elder abuse, according to new research. While generational trauma is known to be passed down from parent to child, a study
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Online scam victim. | Newsreel

Toowoomba among nation’s scam hotspots

Toowoomba, Cairns and the Gold Coast are among the nation’s scam hotspots. New data from Westpac has highlighted Australian postcodes with the highest rates of
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Climate change puts winter sports on thin ice

Researchers have warned that global warming is creating safety issues for people who play, fish or drive on ice. At team at York University said warming winters were
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Family going on holiday. | Newsreel

Exit trafficking on Australian Federal Police radar

An arrest in New South Wales this week has shone a light on the little-known crime of exit trafficking. Australian Federal Police Detective Acting Inspector Emmanuel
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Child looking at computer. | Newsreel

Six out of 10 children talk to strangers online daily

More than 60 percent of children interact online with people they don’t know on a daily basis, despite being aware of the dangers of grooming. A global study,
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Blurred dancers at nightclub. | Newsreel

Party’s over as GHB deaths spike among vulnerable

Deaths from the use of “party drug” GHB in Australia have increased by almost 50 percent every year for almost 10 years. New research from National Drug and Alcohol
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Flooding Brisbane River at St Lucia in 2022. | Newsreel

Bureau to upgrade thousands of flood gauges

The Bureau of Meteorology will take control of around 1000 extra flood gauges across Queensland as part of a long-term plan to improve the organisation’s flood warning
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