AU - IPRIMUS BANS SPAMMER: iPrimus has disconnected a serial spammer from its network. The spam originated from iPrimus almost immediately after the termination of the spammer's BigPond account. See Zdnet ,00.htm>, June 23 Alert . Meanwhile, the Victorian Department of Justice is currently investigating a complaint made against the alleged spammer, Ultimate Safe. See Zdnet ,00.htm> report.

AU - SPAM BILL: The IIA has met with federal politicians to debate details of proposed anti-spam legislation. At the forum, Bigpond announced it would tighten its acceptable use policy for spam and offer better anti-spam solutions. See SMH , Australian IT 15306%2D15319,00.html>, June 23 Alert reports.

TW - CALL FOR SPAM LEGISLATION: Chunghwa Telecom has called for anti-spam legislation. See Taipei Times report.