EDITORIALS
What children need from the social media inquiry
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 forward the...
What should classification reform look like?
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 reforms...
Australia must get a new system of classification for films and games. Here’s what’s needed!
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...
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
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...
Promoting ultraprocessed junk foods to kids: what’s the harm?
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...
Redefining the media classification system: Parents, we need your say, in order to sway
Dr Fae Heaselgrave, Lecturer and researcher in communication and media, University of South Australia. Redefining the media classification system: Parents, we need your say, in order to sway Welcome to the first edition of small screen for 2024. The long summer school...
2023: A year of waiting for government
Barbara Biggins OAM CF, is CMA’s Honorary CEO. 2023: A year of waiting for government Big Tech has continued to exploit our children this year with little effective action from the government. We have had to wait too long to stop this exploitation. Big Tech has been...
The Government’s response to the Privacy Act Review brings good news for children, and a lot of work for children’s advocates!
Rys Farthing is the Director of Research & Policy at Reset Australia. She works on realising children and young people’s rights in the digital world through policy and regulation, and helps to coordinate the civil society campaign for a children’s privacy code....
Children and Scary Media – Bad News Seems to Be Getting Worse
Joanne Cantor, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.Children and Scary Media – Bad News Seems to Be Getting Worse When I started graduate school (in 1970), I began doing research on the effects of the media....
Gaming Disorder – We need to talk
John B Saunders National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at the University of Queensland, and Wesley Hospital, Kogarah and Waratah Private Hospital, Hurstville, New South Wales.Gaming Disorder – We need to talk Parliament House, Canberra is the location for...
Top five tips for making screen time healthier for young children
Mary Brushe is an early career researcher at Telethon Kids Institute focused on supporting early childhood health and development. She is in the final year of her PhD in Public Health at the University of Adelaide and is the Vice President of the Public Health...
Kids, screens and sleep
Professor Sarah Blunden (MAPS, BAPsych (Hons), MSocSc, MClinPsy, PhD) is a clinical psychologist specialising in sleep health and founder/director of SensibleSleep (www.sensiblesleep.com.au). She is Head of Paediatric Sleep Research and Professor of Clinical...