For years, governments have relied largely on platform-led safety tools to manage children’s use of social media. That ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power ...
Young people's access to gender-affirming medical care has been making headlines. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a review into health care for trans and gender-diverse children and ...
The four-year trial of about 70 children with "dismal prognoses" in eight hospitals across Australia will test the safety and ...
Hugo Winwood-Smith (from left), Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, all 11 years old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft / AP MELBOURNE, ...
The third annual Australian Children’s Content Summit is slated to return on August 25, with an expanded four-day run time through August 28. Presented by SLR Productions with the Australian ...
Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive ...
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking ...
Guardian Australia's poll to crown Australia's favourite children's picture book has officially begun, and Grandma Poss (AKA Matilda Boseley) is here to walk you through the voting process ...
Children in Australia under the age of 16 are now legally prevented from using 10 social media apps. This is the first law of its kind in the world. Australian officials admit implementation would be ...