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.
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.
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
Two-thirds of Australian adults support social media ban, according to new poll
Two-thirds of Aussie adults support the Albanese Government’s social media ban for kids under 16, but a new poll has laid bare how many are concerned kids will find a way around it.
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Australia praised for world-leading social media ban
Australia’s world-leading new law banning under-16s from social media has got people talking all around the globe, with multiple international polls backing the idea.
Australia’s social media age ban: How it will work
Historic new laws have been passed to ensure Australians under 16 are banned from social media such as Facebook and Instagram. Here’s how the ban will work.
Social media ban may pass as you read this – it’s happening too fast
The government’s social new social media laws have only had a week to be scrutinised, writes Matt Canavan.
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.
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