Kids need less exposure to alcohol ads
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...
Put Down the Phone and Pick Up the Moment: Rethink Children’s Device Use
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...
Standing up to big tech?
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 legislation...
A unified classification system – or has the horse bolted?
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...
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...