by Debra | Aug 5, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Jane Martin, Executive Manager, Food for Health Alliance.Jane has worked in public health advocacy for more than thirty-five years covering tobacco control, alcohol policy and obesity prevention. At a crossroads: Diabetes inquiry’s recommendations offer hope for...
by Debra | Jul 4, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Prof Elizabeth Handsley FAAL is CMA’s President. What children need from the social media inquiry Anybody who has opened a news site in recent weeks will have noticed: children’s online safety is having a moment. The Australian government recently brought...
by Debra | Jun 4, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. What should classification reform look like? Submissions on the federal government’s Consultation Paper: Modernising Australia’s Classification Scheme – Stage 2 Reforms, closed on May 30. CMA has been pushing for...
by Debra | May 8, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. Australia must get a new system of classification for films and games. Here’s what’s needed! CMA has been arguing for a reformed classification system for years. We believe that the present system is not fit for purpose and...
by Debra | Apr 1, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Michael Rich, MD, MPHDirector, Digital Wellness Lab; Co-Director, Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID), Boston Children’s HospitalAssociate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Dr Michael Rich is the Founding Director of the Digital...
by Debra | Mar 5, 2024 | EDITORIALS
Kim Anastasiou is a Researcher at the University of Adelaide and Columbia University, and an executive board member of the advocacy organisation Healthy Food Systems Australia. Promoting ultraprocessed junk foods to kids: what’s the harm? Junk food advertising...