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‘Lift your game’: Online gaming platforms put on notice · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Kristen Amiott with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Online gaming platforms will need to
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  Speaker 1: go harder on safety if they want to escape the
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  Speaker 1: scrutiny of Australia's eSafety Commissioner. Julie Inman Grant urged Roblox, Fortnite,
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  Speaker 1: Minecraft and Steam to, quote, lift their game after it
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  Speaker 1: was revealed children are being exposed to sexual exploitation and
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  Speaker 1: extremism on their sites. A new report shows that while
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  Speaker 1: the platforms have made an effort over the past 12
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  Speaker 1: months to improve safety, they fall short when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to preventing and responding to serious harms. Almost 90% of
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  Speaker 1: Australian kids play games online. Amy Shark will lead a
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  Speaker 1: tribute to Jai Arrow at Sunday's NRL Grand Final. The
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  Speaker 1: indie pop singer will perform a rendition of You'll Never
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  Speaker 1: Walk Alone, alongside members of Australian bands Grinspoon, The Screaming Jets,
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  Speaker 1: Peaking Duck and Team Jesus and The Gene Teasers. All
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  Speaker 1: of the musicians will donate their appearance fee to motor
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  Speaker 1: neurone disease causes in honour of Arrow's diagnosis with the condition.
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  Speaker 1: After almost six decades together, ANZ has dumped KPMG as
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  Speaker 1: its auditor. ANZ has put out feelers for a new
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  Speaker 1: auditor after it emerged the Big Four consultancy used confidential
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  Speaker 1: client information to win new business. Lendlease, one of the
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  Speaker 1: clients whose information was allegedly shown to competitors, ended its
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  Speaker 1: 68-year partnership with KPMG in June, while the insurance giant
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  Speaker 1: IAG called it quits earlier this month. Check out those
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  Speaker 1: stories live right now at theaustralian.com.au. And come back to
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  Speaker 1: the front first thing in the morning for our look
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  Speaker 1: at the sequel nobody asked for, but that everybody will
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  Speaker 1: be watching, Aaron Sorkin's Social Reckoning. That's right here Saturday morning.