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PoliticsDutton laughs off #libspill rumours

Peter Dutton has batted away speculation he is preparing to try and topple Scott Morrison with a dry-humoured joke.

Helena Burke

Goddamn bloody brilliantCommentsA bizarre new Jacqui Lambie TikTok trend has emerged

Senator Jacqui Lambie’s furious rant at anti-vaxxers has sparked a hilarious new TikTok trend – and even she has got in on the action.

Helena Burke

Crime‘Perverted’: Shocking act finally illegal

An MP has said it’s ‘shocking’ that this ‘perverted and sadistic’ act wasn’t made illegal until now. WARNING: Graphic.

Anton Nilsson

InternetPremiumVirtual real estate plot sells for $3.3m

A plot of land in the online world Decentraland has sold for the equivalent of $A3.3 million in cryptocurrency.

Elizabeth Howcroft

ArrestPremiumAccused extremist arrested over threats

An alleged far-right extremist has been arrested and charged after being accused of using social media to encourage terrorist acts.

Erin Lyons

InternetPremiumWarnings over Chinese cyber push

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute warns countries with weak cyber regulation to "err on the side of caution" when working with China on internet policy.

Dominic Giannini

signal for improvementCommentsPremiumShire calls for improved internet

The Shire of Harvey has signalled a need to Telstra and NBN Co for improved and more affordable internet access, calling upon its residents for help.

Kasper Johansen

Creepy textsSextortion scam targeting female social media users

Creepy texts revealing a sextortion scam have been released after dozens of female social media users had their accounts hacked.

Melissa Iaria

Election promise PremiumFamilies with no internet to get access under Labor plan

Up to 30,000 Australian families with no internet will be given free broadband for a year under an initiative Labor is taking to the next election.

Sarah Ison

UPDATEDHow 1.5m Aussies could get faster internet

Up to 1.5 million Australian households would receive faster internet under a $2.4 billion federal Labor plan.

Ashleigh Gleeson

LearningDigital divide a ‘huge issue’ for kids

Disadvantaged Aussie kids resorted to using phones to do class work during lockdown, according to a survey highlighting a ‘digital divide’.

Melissa Iaria

Growth plansTelstra targets scale in non-core segments

Telstra chief executive officer Andy Penn says its new health and energy segments as well as its international network are key to its T25 strategy.

AAP

UpdatedActivists dump poo at minister’s office

Climate change activists have dumped a huge pile of manure in front of a minister’s office to protest Australia’s ‘weak’ contribution at COP26.

Emily Cosenza

Cyber safetyAussies’ data security trust plummets

Australians have become less trusting of how governments and companies use their private data following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Helena Burke

Crime‘Disgraceful’: Swastika found on MP’s office

A horrific sign of fascist Nazi Germany has been emblazoned on a Palaszczuk government MP’s electorate office.

James Hall

SocialPremier’s hilarious Bunnings video

Mark McGowan has taken a unique approach to encourage WA residents to get vaccinated.

Emily Cosenza

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Cops turn to dark web in desperate search for Cleo

Specialist detectives have been scouring the dark web for any trace of Cleo Smith, who is feared to have been abducted from her family’s tent more than two weeks ago.

Daryna Zadvirna

TikTokStudents’ cheeky swipe at premiers

Students have taken their Halloween costumes up a notch, impersonating Daniel Andrews and Gladys Berejiklian in a series of viral videos.

News Corp Australia

InternetFacebook removes Nicaragua govt troll farm

Meta says it's removed a troll farm with over 1000 Facebook and Instagram accounts that was run by the Nicaraguan government and the country's ruling party.

AAP

HalloweenHorror Halloween for child in isolation

A five-year-old girl had a horror Halloween experience after a group of pre-teens stole candy that was left for her while she was stuck inside self-quarantining.

Emily Cosenza

Covid-19Crucial virus info lost in app ‘fail’

You may have been exposed to the coronavirus without knowing it – because the warning is too hard to find.

Anton Nilsson

InternetUS orders Chinese phone carrier out

A unit of China Telecom Ltd is being barred from the American market by US regulators as a national security threat.

AAP

CrimeChildren planning ‘catastrophic’ terror attacks

Children as young as 13 have been caught plotting horrific attacks on Australian soil over the internet.

Helena Burke

InternetGovt, Telstra to buy Pacific telecoms firm

The federal government is stumping up most of the funds in a deal with Telstra to buy Digicel Pacific, the leading telecoms group in the South Pacific region.

AAP