The Victorian News1d ago

Kmart & Target busted selling illegal two-way radios to children
#ausnews #vicnews #radio #communications #illegal #kmart #target #acma

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/science-tech/radcom/kmart-target-busted-selling-illegal-two-way-radios-to-children/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Kmart & Target busted selling illegal two-way radios to children

CANBERRA, ACT. — The Anko-branded walkie-talkie has been programmed with radio frequencies that require a licence for use in Australia. Using the equipment in its current state may cause interference with other licensed services operating on the 467.425 MHz band and cause unintended disruption.

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Onno (VK6FLAB)May 6

Reading this gives me all warm and fuzzy feelings of safety and compliance enforcement by my local radio communications regulator, the #ACMA ... NOT.

Nothing quite like letting interference go on for months.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/car-locks-disabled-signal-jammed-bunbury-hospital/106647316

Car locks disabled at hospital as signal interference sparks security concern

Radio interference from nearby cranes is identified as the reason visitors to Bunbury Hospital have been unable to lock their cars.

James CridlandMay 5

The wheels of the ACMA sure run slowly. But I’m closer to a Freedom of Information request being achieved. More in my radio blog.

#radio #acma #australia

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/acma-foi-tapt/

Fakt Tapt vid, the ACMA FoI, and how local is US radio really?

Plus a whole lot of AM switchoff

James Cridland - radio futurologist
PickrMar 31
The verdict is in: the government's communications authority is forcing telcos to change how it shows mobile coverage on maps. Not everyone is happy. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/acma-set-to-change-how-coverage-maps-work #news #phones #telcos #acma #government #optus #telstra #tpg #vodafone
Frank FilipponeMar 27

An email received by a client from ACMA has this phrase in it:

This decision has been made by the operation of computer programs.

We are now trying to decide if this was:
a) generated by some form of AI/LLM, or
b) drafted by a committee of public servants following arcane legislative requirements, or
c) all of the above

🤔

#acma #llm #ai

PickrMar 12
The rules of what constitute mobile reception and reach look set to change this year, and the result could make more sense for why calls drop out when you're in areas where it shouldn't. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/real-world-usability-set-to-define-mobile-coverage #news #phones #telcos #4g #5g #acma #telstra #tpg #vodafone
de VK5ZSH 🇦🇺 🐧 🏳️‍🌈Dec 3

Due to our youth social media ban stuff in AU, the ACMA has blocked access to ACMA Assist to little humans under 15 years of age as they can't get a digital ID.

https://acma.createsend1.com/t/d-e-gtyduz-tttjlivul-r/

#HamRadio #ACMA #Australia

Youth access to ACMA Assist

Show threadeurozerozeroNov 27

Got another spam from another Aussie retailer, this time from Frank Green, who I’ve purchased from before but deliberately opted out of their offers. Yet, here I am, getting spam from them.

Reported to ACMA.

In the past year it’s as though Australian retailers collectively decided that they’re just going to add all of their customers to their promo lists, even if they’d already opted out.

#FrankGreen #Aussie #Spam #BlackFriday #ACMA

Dwight WalkerOct 29, 2025
it is incredibly hard to block call centres calling for someone else on my number whom I don't know because ACMA wants the business name of the caller and the product they are selling and the business selling the product - I keep telling the call centre wrong number and they keep ringing me over and over again and not deleting my number from that other person's name - very frustrating and annoying - the call centre keeps changing its number every call so I can't block them - there's got to be a better way to get customers than harassing half the population via call centres - it's always Indian call center operators - it's usually about cheaper power bills, ISPs, life insurance #callcentres #marketing #australia #wrongnumber #indian #spammers #coldcalling #ACMA #powerbills #isp #lifeinsurance
The Victorian NewsOct 1, 2025

'Vile' Kyle & Jackie O Show breaches decency rules … yet again
#ausnews #vicnews #ARN #3TT #KIISFM #ACMA #Sandilands #Henderson #media #radio

https://www.victoriannews.com.au/media/vile-kyle-jackie-o-show-breaches-decency-rules-yet-again/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

'Vile' Kyle & Jackie O Show breaches decency rules … yet again

CANBERRA, ACT. — The Kyle and Jackie O Show has again been wrapped over the knuckles by the communications watchdog, which found “multiple breaches of the Commercial Radio Code of Practice” over shows that aired across a five-month period.

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