by Debra | Mar 5, 2024 | TALKING POINT
Best interests of children must be paramount. To date, Australia’s online safety regime has not required industry to make the best interests of children paramount when designing or offering services used by children. The Federal Government has recently proposed that a...
by Debra | Feb 6, 2024 | TALKING POINT
CMA’s President, Prof. of Law, Elizabeth Handsley, puts forward, ‘Safety by design: an idea whose time has come in Australia?’ Imagine a world where you could let children go online with as much confidence as you can give them a glass of water out of the...
by Debra | Dec 11, 2023 | TALKING POINT
A parent has sent us her concerns about a trailer seen recently by her children. We’re sharing it as this month’s Talking Point. How did this happen? During our Sunday morning children’s cartoons viewing on 9Go on October 22, I saw the following commercial for the...
by Debra | Oct 31, 2023 | TALKING POINT
In response to the inquiry into online gambling and its impacts, CMA’s Hon. CEO, Barbara Biggins OAM CF, puts forward the need for urgent action. We seem to have been waiting a long time for government action on the promotion of gambling. The public and CMA have been...
by Debra | Oct 5, 2023 | TALKING POINT
CMA’s Hon. CEO, Barbara Biggins OAM CF, explains why the AANA must listen to community concerns about scary content Advertisements with scary images can stay with a child, causing sleep disturbances and ongoing unnecessary fears and anxieties. These impacts are not...
by Debra | Aug 31, 2023 | TALKING POINT
CMA’s Prof. Elizabeth Handsley reviews the AANA’s revision of its Children’s Advertising Code The Australian Association of National Advertisers, or AANA, recently revealed the revisions it is making to its Children’s Advertising Code (the Code). These will come into...
