by Debra | Jul 2, 2025 | EDITORIALS
Melinda Tankard Reist, Movement Director, Collective Shout. “It’s out of control…it’s insidious…it’s not okay!”: sexual harassment in schools A couple of years ago, I found myself comparing notes on the increasing accounts of sexual harassment of female teachers and...
by Debra | Jul 2, 2025 | TALKING POINT
ACMA refuses to approve proposed FreeTV Code of Practice Barbara Biggins OAM CF, Hon CEO, CMA, highlights ACMA’s refusal to approve proposed FreeTV Code of Practice. In a welcome victory for groups like Children and Media Australia, and in a significant first,...
by Debra | Jun 3, 2025 | TALKING POINT
Kids need less exposure to alcohol ads Barbara Biggins OAM CF, Hon CEO, CMA, highlights possible changes to TV advertising which will allow even more alcohol advertising. Recent research commissioned by FARE and Cancer Council WA (see Top News this issue) has shown...
by Debra | Jun 3, 2025 | EDITORIALS
Angela Falkenberg, President of the Australian Primary Principals Association. Put Down the Phone and Pick Up the Moment: Rethink Children’s Device Use Take a moment and really think: what might your child be missing while you’re scrolling? Or perhaps more...
by Debra | May 6, 2025 | TALKING POINT
Standing up to big tech? Prof Elizabeth Handsley, CMA’s President, outlines the government’s cynicism in publicly standing up to big tech while privately granting YouTube an exemption from the legislation. If you thought that Australia was getting robust...
by Debra | May 6, 2025 | EDITORIALS
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. A unified classification system – or has the horse bolted? There’s one thing that CMA would ask the incoming government to do: grasp the nettle and establish a classification system for films and games that is...
by Debra | Apr 1, 2025 | EDITORIALS
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. One win from overly-long review of classification CMA has had a big win. The treatment of scary content under the National Classification Scheme (NCS) is to be a focus in the next stage of the revision of the NCS. CMA...
by Debra | Apr 1, 2025 | TALKING POINT
You have a decision to make … Dany Elachi, Co Founder and Movement Director, The Heads Up Alliance, paints a common scenario for parents. Your boy turns 12 next month – and you have a decision to make. Three-quarters of the time you’ll ever spend...
by Debra | Mar 10, 2025 | TALKING POINT
Fighting the new ‘norm’? CMA’s Review Coordinator, Dr Debra Dickinson, shares some observations from an Early Childhood and a parent’s point of view. I’m fortunate to work with CMA, where we’re keenly aware of the latest news and research on the effects of the...
by Debra | Mar 4, 2025 | EDITORIALS
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. Collective action on the prevention of digital harms In late February, members of Children and Media Australia met online with clinical experts, academics, and maternal and child nurses to share ideas about what we are...
