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It's Tuesday, the third of December. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Australia's Communications watchdog or AKMA, has been tasked with developing a register of legitimate business's phone numbers to cut down on scam texts. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the Federal Government has asked AKMA to set up the register so that scammers can't mimic real businesses text messages to customers. Before sending text to customers, companies are going to have
to register the number they use to send messages. Any messages sent on behalf of that company would have to be verified by telco's like Telstra and Optus against this register, and if they don't match it, they're going to be blocked or have an attached warning.
Victorian Premier Jacindra Allen has responded to the Business Council of Australia ranking the state the worst in the country for businesses. Instead, she said more and more businesses are choosing Victoria as a place to invest in record numbers. This morning, the Peak body released its annual report that compares Australia's states and territories based on the ease and
cost of running a business. It said South Australia has the best regulatory and tax settings for doing business in Australia, while comparatively, Victoria's rate of taxes on land and how much businesses have to pay in workers comp means the state has the most to do in improving its business environment. At a press conference this morning, Premier Allen said the report was incomplete and that Victoria's businesses have accessed to a strong skilled workforce and low energy prices.
Hesbula and Israel have accused each other of breaking a ceasefire less than a week after it was signed. However, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said the ceasefire is largely holding. He said the strikes are to be expected after over a year of war and maintains there is a mechanism in place to try and stop the attacks and these authorities report Israel's strikes have killed
at least nine people. Under the agreement, both Israel and Hesbela are required to gradually retreat from their current positions in southern Lebanon, allowing the Lebanese Army to secure the area, and.
Today's good news. Researchers at the University of Iowa have found that a set of drugs used to treat heart disease may slow the onset of Huntington's disease, which is a genetic condition. Symptoms of Huntington's disease includes lack of control over one's body and changes inability to think. It most frequently begins when people are in their thirties and
has no cure. In a long term study published in the academic journal Jarma Neurology, researchers found that taking beta blockers was associated with the diseases symptoms developing later in life and worsening at a slower rate when they did appear.
And that's all we've got for you from the Daily Oo's newsroom for this evening, but we're going to be back against tomorrow morning. I'm going to bring you a chat with an AFP commander about the record hall of cocaine they intercept it off the coast of Queensland and how that will change the organized crime and drug landscape in Australia. Until then, have a great evening. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda Bunjelung Calcuttin
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