Insurers report rise in cases of images being manipulated with ‘shallowfake’ technologyA surge in fraud cases in which photos are manipulated to show fake car crash damage is alarming insurers and helping to push motor insurance costs up to record levels.The insurer Allianz said incidents where apps were used to distort real-life images, videos and...

Experts find ‘significant gaps between statement and practice’ of social media firms’ enforcement of standardsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government’s laws to force tech companies to act on misinformation should not be based on the current voluntary industry code as planned, because those standards...

Report predicts numerous factors, including migration, mean housing affordability and inequality will continue to deteriorateGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s housing affordability “crisis” will continue to worsen with a “significant shortfall in supply”, according to the government’s own expert council.In...

Exclusive: Survey finds schools have reallocated as much as $1bn from other areas to support children with disabilities in past yearGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPrincipals and teachers say funding to support students with disabilities is “woefully inadequate”, with schools diverting resources from other areas...

A new tool will let adults see the kind of social media feeds their children may be scrollingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastParents will be urged to learn about harmful misogyny online and discuss it with their children as part of the federal government’s suite of measures to tackle men’s violence against women.New...

The National Indigenous Australians Agency and Services Australia will receive about $30m to run the programGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost a third of the federal government’s $97m support scheme for the thousands of Aboriginal people who fell victim to the predatory funeral fund insurer ACBF-Youpla, will...