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Crackdown on financial services marketing: Kalkine companies pay $350,000 penalty

Financial services research companies Kalkine and Kalkine Media have paid infringement notices of $251,400 and $100,800 respectively for breaches of Australia's telemarketing and spam laws. 

55 million scam calls busted as new code bites

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today revealed that telcos have blocked 55 million scam calls to Australian phone numbers since new rules requiring telcos to detect, trace and block scam calls were introduced in December 2020.

New rules to detect, trace and block scam calls

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today registered new rules that require telcos to detect, trace and block scam calls. The Reducing Scam Calls Code, developed by the telco industry, was a direct recommendation of the ACMA’s Combating Scams Action Plan.