Juggling many balls but only catching one
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO.It’s been a busy year for those striving for a screen environment for children that is happier, healthier and more hopeful. Here at Children and Media Australia we’ve researched and written, or contributed to, 11...
Social media at 16: Five common narratives that have left me bewildered
Social media at 16: Five common narratives that have left me bewildered CMA’s Vice President, Professor Wayne Warburton, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, was happy to see the passing of the bill which raised access to social media from 13 years...
FreeTV Code of Practice proposals leave children more at risk
CMA’s Hon CEO Barbara Biggins, urges action on the Code of Practice for the Australian Commercial Television Industry (2015), which is, at long last, being reviewed The Code of Practice for the Australian Commercial television industry (2015) is, at long last, being...
Australian gambling culture is insidious
Dr Anthea Rhodes is a Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a CMA Board member. In this month’s editorial she recalls her first experiences with gambling; and now, as a doctor, she recognises the societal and...
Frustrations of the social media debate
CMA’s President, Prof. of Law, Elizabeth Handsley, discusses When is a blanket not a blanket? – and other frustrations of the social media debate Maybe I’m biased, but from where I stand, the relationship between children and social media is one of the major global...
Without bold reform our online spaces will remain toxic and dysfunctional, for people of all ages
Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer and writer, she sues technology companies who have done the wrong thing. She is a founder and the chair of Digital Rights Watch. Without bold reform our online spaces will remain toxic and dysfunctional, for people of all ages Australia’s...