Australian regulators have signed an agreement with Asia-Pacific nations to step up the war against spam.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has joined forces with the Australian High Tech Crime Centre in the fight against spam.
Australian authorities may be close to making their first prosecutions under new anti-spam laws enacted in April.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has revealed that several businesses are already under observation.
The government agency charged with policing Australia's anti-spam legislation initially seemed to rule out investigating a spamming scandal involving the Prime Minister, John Howard and his son, Tim Howard.
Spam costs businesses an average of A$900 per employee per year in lost productivity. Will Australia's new anti-spam laws reverse this trend?
In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.
The Spam Act 2003 has led to the closure of several major Australian-based spammers, the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) claimed today.
The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.
Australia's peak Internet industry body has upped the ante against unsolicited bulk e-mail senders, a move sparked by lawsuits against spammers in the United States.
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