‘Extraordinary’: Scams bill rammed through Senate


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Banks, telcos and online platforms like Google and Facebook will be subject to new rules and $50 million penalties after federal Parliament passed world-first anti-scam laws on Thursday.

But the new laws are under fire after the government and Opposition teamed to block debate in the Senate on a bill that “looked like it had been drafted” by the banking lobby.

The passage means the government will be able to …

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