One win from overly-long review of classification
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...
You have a decision to make …
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 together is already...
Fighting the new ‘norm’?
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 digital...
Collective action on the prevention of digital harms
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...
Exemption for online gaming?
Exemption for online gaming? CMA’s President, Prof. of Law, Elizabeth Handsley, queries the proposed exemption of online gaming in minimum age legislation for social media. The passage of the Australian minimum age legislation for social media is clearly cause for...
Enforcing the new social media law limiting access to minors. What can we expect?
Toni Hassan is the author of 'Families in the Digital Age: Every Parent’s Guide' (Hybrid Press, 2019) and an advisor to Children and Media Australia.Enforcing the new social media law limiting access to minors. What can we expect? Introducing Australia's world-leading...