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  2. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    Australia. According to the Australian government, the crime has also been in the rise in that country. Monetary loss in Australia rose from $20.5 million to $28.6 million from 2017 to 2019. SCAMwatch, a website run by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), provides information about how to recognise, avoid and report scams.

  3. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ( ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority to administer the Trade Practices Act ...

  4. Internet censorship in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In October 2008, a policy extending Internet censorship to a system of mandatory filtering of overseas websites which are, or potentially would be, "refused classification" (RC) in Australia was proposed. Australia is classified as "under surveillance" (a type of "Internet enemy") by Reporters Without Borders due to the proposed legislation. [5]

  5. February 2010 Australian cyberattacks - Wikipedia

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    Anonymous. 4chan. Government of Australia. The February 2010 Australian cyberattacks were a series of denial-of-service attacks conducted by the Anonymous online community against the Australian government in response to proposed web censorship regulations. [1] Operation Titstorm was the name given to the cyber attacks by the perpetrators.

  6. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance. [1] Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and ...

  7. Australian Government - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive government consists of the prime minister and other ministers that currently have the support of a majority of members of the ...

  8. Australian ministers won't comment on media reports that ...

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    A senior Australian government minister said Wednesday the bilateral relationship with India was good and had improved in recent years, but declined to comment on reports that two Indian spies ...

  9. australia.gov.au - Wikipedia

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    australia.gov.au. australia.gov.au is the central website for the Australian Government, providing onwards links to department and agency websites. The platform is owned and managed by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) on behalf of the federal government, and can also be used by federal and state and territory agencies as a link shortener.