Principals empowered as $44m splashed on bullying crackdown
An extra $44m will be placed in the hands of principals to spend on therapists, teacher aides and specialist training to combat bullying.
Let Them Be Kids
Let Them Be Kids is a News Corp Australia campaign calling for children under 16 to be restricted from having social media accounts.
Third Qld girl dies by suicide in past three months
A “beautiful and intelligent” 12-year-old girl who took her own life after relentless bullying online and at school has become the latest tragic addition to the state’s grim roll call.
Tragedy that shatters our optimism and fills us with a sense of dread
The latest Queensland schoolchild driven to suicide by relentless cyber-bullying is an all-too-familiar story, writes the editor.
Faces of tragedy: How much more heartache can we bear?
It’s the tragic human toll of a faceless war – begging the question: How many more young lives need to be destroyed before there is change? SPECIAL REPORT
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Moment of reckoning for out of control social media platforms
Despite a last-minute campaign against age assurance and restrictions, the voices of desperate parents won out over the big end of town, writes Andrew Wallace.
Mali challenges Albo and Dutton over social media age ban
Premier Peter Malinauskas has issued a written plea to federal leaders to pass an under-16s social media ban.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about Aussie kids, just his bottom line
What Elon Musk is really saying is that he does not care about Australia’s children, writes the editor.
‘Blood on our hands’: Aussie parents’ plea on social media ban
Mums and dads around Australia are calling on MPs to have the courage to vote for world-leading legislation. They fear if it does not pass, more children’s lives will be lost.
Family’s heartache: Every day we look back and think ‘why us?’
One family has opened up on their living nightmare, as it’s revealed Aussie school students are among the most bullied in the world.
Experts ignore evidence in fight to keep social media status quo
Some opposition to changing social media age limits is to be expected, but a lack of scientific evidence and an unwillingness to opt for caution suggests other agendas, writes Dany Elachi.
Dutton likens Big Tech to Big Tobacco in the ’70s
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says social media companies are ‘predators’ who put profits over people, likening them to Big Tobacco in the 1970s and ’80s.
Australia unites on Mali’s plan to ban kids from social media
All state and territory leaders have agreed to a plan to ban social media for children, in a world-first move imposing a minimum age of 16.
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