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The Age
3 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
WA news LIVE: Grandmother saved from losing life savings in ‘blood boiling' scam
Latest posts Latest posts 9.31am Grandmother saved from losing life savings in 'blood boiling' scam A bank branch manager who saved an elderly woman from being fleeced of her life savings has described the scammer as 'the biggest lowlife on the planet'. 9 News Perth revealed that an 84-year-old grandmother made an unusual request about her internet banking limit – it wa set at $5000 and she was asking to increase it to over $50,000. It raised an immediate red flag, but then staff noticed the woman was holding and notebook and her phone, and someone else was listening in. It was revealed the notebook had a list of cues a scammer had told the woman to write down to convince the bank to change the limit. When they searched for the phone number, it immediately showed it was likely a scammer. The person on the other end of the line had been pressuring the recently widowed woman for days. NAB East Maitland branch manager Vanessa Kruger, who spotted the issue, said the scammer had remotely accessed the woman's account and had convinced her they had given her $50,000, which she now owed. 'They're the biggest lowlife on the planet. They prey on people who are vulnerable and they do whatever they can to trick them into handing over their money,' she said. 'They use whatever means and it actually makes my blood boil to be honest.' ACCC deputy chair Catriona Lowe said a remote access scam started with a call out of the blue, telling you there is something wrong with one of your accounts and will ask you to download software that will allow them to take over. Lowe warned the community not to listen. 9.31am Across the nation and around the world Here's what's making headlines today: Median house prices in Australian capital cities have seen a dramatic change over the past decade, moving from an affordable price point to a millionaires' row. Hundreds of US Marines arrived in Los Angeles ahead of a fifth day of protests over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, as officials said the cost of the extraordinary military deployment would top $US134 million ($206 million). T he ABC is set to axe its long-running current affairs show Q+A after more than 500 episodes and 17 seasons. A former pupil killed 10 people and himself at a high school in the southern Austrian city of Graz in the worst school shooting in Austria's modern history. Australia has imposed Magnitsky-style sanctions on two senior Israeli ministers for their roles in serious human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank, in a move that marks a significant escalation in Canberra's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anthony Albanese had a chance on Tuesday to expand the scope of his second-term agenda, following his thumping election win on May 3, and lay out a more ambitious reform plan. It was a chance he very deliberately chose not to take.
Sydney Morning Herald
3 hours ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Grandmother saved from losing life savings in ‘blood boiling' scam
Latest posts Latest posts 9.31am Grandmother saved from losing life savings in 'blood boiling' scam A bank branch manager who saved an elderly woman from being fleeced of her life savings has described the scammer as 'the biggest lowlife on the planet'. 9 News Perth revealed that an 84-year-old grandmother made an unusual request about her internet banking limit – it wa set at $5000 and she was asking to increase it to over $50,000. It raised an immediate red flag, but then staff noticed the woman was holding and notebook and her phone, and someone else was listening in. It was revealed the notebook had a list of cues a scammer had told the woman to write down to convince the bank to change the limit. When they searched for the phone number, it immediately showed it was likely a scammer. The person on the other end of the line had been pressuring the recently widowed woman for days. NAB East Maitland branch manager Vanessa Kruger, who spotted the issue, said the scammer had remotely accessed the woman's account and had convinced her they had given her $50,000, which she now owed. 'They're the biggest lowlife on the planet. They prey on people who are vulnerable and they do whatever they can to trick them into handing over their money,' she said. 'They use whatever means and it actually makes my blood boil to be honest.' ACCC deputy chair Catriona Lowe said a remote access scam started with a call out of the blue, telling you there is something wrong with one of your accounts and will ask you to download software that will allow them to take over. Lowe warned the community not to listen. 9.31am Across the nation and around the world Here's what's making headlines today: Median house prices in Australian capital cities have seen a dramatic change over the past decade, moving from an affordable price point to a millionaires' row. Hundreds of US Marines arrived in Los Angeles ahead of a fifth day of protests over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, as officials said the cost of the extraordinary military deployment would top $US134 million ($206 million). T he ABC is set to axe its long-running current affairs show Q+A after more than 500 episodes and 17 seasons. A former pupil killed 10 people and himself at a high school in the southern Austrian city of Graz in the worst school shooting in Austria's modern history. Australia has imposed Magnitsky-style sanctions on two senior Israeli ministers for their roles in serious human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank, in a move that marks a significant escalation in Canberra's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anthony Albanese had a chance on Tuesday to expand the scope of his second-term agenda, following his thumping election win on May 3, and lay out a more ambitious reform plan. It was a chance he very deliberately chose not to take.
The Age
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Age
WA news LIVE: Vision reveals passengers' scramble as Bali fast ferry capsizes
Latest posts Latest posts 9.47am New vision of Bali fast ferry horror Yesterday we brought you the story of Perth tourists being rescued from the waters off Bali along with a crowd of travellers after their fast ferry capsized. Andy Wood told Simon Beaumont on 6PR's Perth Today that about 100 people were on board when the ferry capsized, and many were not from Australia and couldn't swim. 'The people particularly up the back where the water was coming were in a real panic state, so people were smashing the windows to try and get out on the sides,' he said. New vision of the ordeal in Nusa Lembongan's Mushroom Bay shows a crowd of passengers clinging to the boat's bow as it lists on its side in choppy waters. Video from inside the ferry shows a frantic rush as passengers scramble for the exit. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries reported. Watch 9News Perth 's story below: 9.47am Across Australia and around the world Here's what's making news elsewhere this morning. Tensions between Donald Trump and his former 'first buddy' Elon Musk have erupted into open warfare. US beef could be allowed into Australia for the first time in decades through a biosecurity rule review to secure the removal of tariffs. In Queensland, the housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, as her mother describes how the family's world has been shattered. In NSW, Police Minister Yasmin Catley has warned that law enforcement officers cannot be expected to regulate the ballooning tobacco black market. In Victoria, a major cruise operator's decision to quit berthing two of its premier cruise lines in Melbourne this year is set to blow an estimated $37.6 million hole in the state's economy. punish Ukraine as well as Russia if he does not believe they are sincere about peace.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Vision reveals passengers' scramble as Bali fast ferry capsizes
Latest posts Latest posts 9.47am New vision of Bali fast ferry horror Yesterday we brought you the story of Perth tourists being rescued from the waters off Bali along with a crowd of travellers after their fast ferry capsized. Andy Wood told Simon Beaumont on 6PR's Perth Today that about 100 people were on board when the ferry capsized, and many were not from Australia and couldn't swim. 'The people particularly up the back where the water was coming were in a real panic state, so people were smashing the windows to try and get out on the sides,' he said. New vision of the ordeal in Nusa Lembongan's Mushroom Bay shows a crowd of passengers clinging to the boat's bow as it lists on its side in choppy waters. Video from inside the ferry shows a frantic rush as passengers scramble for the exit. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries reported. Watch 9News Perth 's story below: 9.47am Across Australia and around the world Here's what's making news elsewhere this morning. Tensions between Donald Trump and his former 'first buddy' Elon Musk have erupted into open warfare. US beef could be allowed into Australia for the first time in decades through a biosecurity rule review to secure the removal of tariffs. In Queensland, the housemates of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, as her mother describes how the family's world has been shattered. In NSW, Police Minister Yasmin Catley has warned that law enforcement officers cannot be expected to regulate the ballooning tobacco black market. In Victoria, a major cruise operator's decision to quit berthing two of its premier cruise lines in Melbourne this year is set to blow an estimated $37.6 million hole in the state's economy. punish Ukraine as well as Russia if he does not believe they are sincere about peace.
Sydney Morning Herald
28-05-2025
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘toughest anti-nang laws in the country' only work if you enforce them
On the day then-health minister Amber-Jade Sanderson proclaimed a ban on 'nangs' last October, I walked into a convenience store and bought the illegal nitrous oxide gas canisters — no questions, no ID, no proof of purchase, no problem. Day one of the new regulations, fair enough, give them time, despite a promise to 'enforce compliance from today', having long sounded a warning the ban was coming. That was seven months ago. But this week, I walked into that same convenience store and tested their compliance as part of a 9News Perth investigation. Once again, no questions, no problems. Ten nangs for $10. Tobacconists and retailers in the Perth CBD and Northbridge are flagrantly flouting the law. And why wouldn't they, when the state government is not policing what it touted as the 'toughest laws in the country'. 9News Perth and WAtoday revealed this week that not a single fine has been issued by the Department of Health for the sale of nangs. It is difficult to believe, when any teenager — or at least anyone with a working debit card — can buy the popular and potentially deadly party gas in the ubiquitous corner stores or even online, delivered to your door in under 30 minutes, just like Uber Eats. Nangs give users a high when they inhale the gas. And they are popular; an ED doctor even told me during my investigation that he had used nangs. They can also cause seizures, heart attacks, psychosis, or irreversible neurological damage — like the case of Perth teenager Molly Day, who paid the price for the cheap thrill.
