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Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report

STORY: Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australian federal police station 2. various of Australian banks 3. various of fraud messages 4. various of card payments 5. various of city views of Canberra STORYLINE: Australians lost billions of dollars to a record number of reported scams in 2023, government data has revealed. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday published its annual Targeting Scams report, revealing Australians reported over 601,000 scams in 2023, a new record and 18.5 percent increase from 2022. Despite an increase in the number of reported scams, reported losses to scams fell from 3.15 billion Australian dollars (2.06 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022 to 2.74 billion AUD (1.79 billion dollars) in 2023, a decline of 13 percent. It marks the first time since 2016 that scam losses have fallen from the previous

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Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high

STORY: Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney, Australia STORYLINE: The Russia-Ukraine crisis and OPEC production limitation combined with recovering oil demand pushed February prices for both international refined petrol and average retail petrol in Australia's five largest cities to an eight-year high. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. ACCC Chair Rod Sims said the world was already experiencing high crude oil prices since late last year and the Russia-Ukraine crisis has forced crude oil pri

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows petrol prices displayed at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills up his car at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2022. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)