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Ransomware payments down 40% in 2022 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Ransomware revenue plunges to $456 million in 2022 as more victims refuse to pay up. Here’s what to make of the trend.
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Criminalising nicotine vaping in Australia could cause ‘further harm’, drug experts warn
Prohibitionist approach risks fuelling the black market, worsening health outcomes and sending people to jail unnecessarily, experts sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe criminalisation of nicotine vaping risk…
Fixation on Qantas won’t end, even if string of incidents were unconnected
The national carrier leans into its emotional connection with Australians, so it is bound to be the focus of intense scrutinyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPerhaps the only place you could have escaped the news…
Irving case prompts review of redress options for miscarriages of justice
Exclusive: Australia is alone among democracies who have not ratified UN provision enabling legal remedy for someone wrongfully convicted or imprisonedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland attorney gene…
NSW Coalition split on cashless gaming as independent warns against regional exemptions
Premier Dominic Perrottet rules out different rules for clubs and pubs in the bush, in contrast to deputy premier Paul TooleGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales Coalition appears split on the futu…
Over 17,000 weapons surrendered in first year of Australian firearms amnesty
Retrieved weapons include a Vietnam war-era flamethrower, sawn-off shotguns, rifles, gel blasters and revolversGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than 17,000 weapons, including a Vietnam war-era flamethrower, …
Australians to save $230 on electricity bills next financial year as wholesale prices fall
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the saving is a sign the government’s plan to cap prices is ‘starting to make a difference’.Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian households are expected to save $230 on their el…
‘Heads in the sand’: code of silence in Sicilian town that sheltered mafia boss
Authorities suspect omerta may have helped Matteo Messina Denaro live in freedom among 10,000 peopleIt is hard to believe that in the small Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, where everyone knows each other and their secrets, no one thought to inqu…
Lawyer: 6-year-old who shot teacher has ‘acute disability’
The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the child suffered from “an acute disability” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.