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Technology & Digital Safety

Major change to Roblox: How it affects your kids

Gaming giant Roblox has unveiled sweeping new safety measures for its 380 million users amid growing scrutiny over dangers for children on the hugely popular online platform.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2025 - Jacqie Jones with her children Jackson, Tae, Ace, Isaiah and Steve, who are preparing for the social media ban. Picture: Brenton Edwards

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Mum of six cracks down on phone use after scary realisation

Jacqie Jones tells why she’s completely changed her approach to digital parenting for her six kids – after seeing what unrestricted phone use did to her older children.

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Year 9 students from Wilderness School spent three weeks phone-free during a recent school camp and reported feeling Ã¢â¬Åmore present and connectedÃ¢â¬Â. Year 9 students Sophia Holmes 14 and Jemma Waudby, 14. Picture: Brett Hartwig 17th November 2025

‘We gave up our phones for three weeks – and loved it’

Adelaide schoolgirls who survived three weeks without phones say the digital detox left them feeling more connected and ready for next month’s social media ban.

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MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 12, 2025: Georgia (red hair), 17, and her sister Taylor (blonde hair), 20, have been without social media for two weeks in preparation for the upcoming social media ban. The experience was overall great and had positive impacts on their emotional and physical states. Picture: Mark Stewart

I was shocked by this when I quit social media for 14 days

Taylor Penny and her teenage sister Georgia grew up with social media and couldn’t imagine life without it. This is what happened when they gave it up for two weeks. SEE THEIR DAY-TO-DAY DIARY

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching is being overhauled after a damning report finds it takes up to three years to take no action, leaving accused teachers in limbo.

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VCE Footscray High School Kinnear Campus, 1 Kinnear Street. This girl has permission but no name. Images and footage of the practice exam must not identify students Publishing of footage and photos taken during the practice exam is EMBARGOED until 12.15pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Picture: Jason Edwards

Teens need to ditch AI and use their brains for exam success

The class of 2025 is the first group of year 12s to face their final exams in the AI era. One expert urges teens to take off the training wheels of ChatGPT in their final revision.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 19, 2024: Social media apps on phone. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Social media giants’ startling move as under-16 freeze nears

Social media giants have finally bowed to Australia’s under-16 ban as the Let Them Be Kids campaign scores another big win. ALL THE DETAILS

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Higher Education

AI is outperforming humans and unis need to catch up: Professor

Unis are obsessed with trying to catch AI cheats but missing the bigger picture – their courses aren’t equipping students for an AI-dominated world, argues a senior academic.

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Major symptom of Aussie social media ban parents must know

Parents have been warned to expect a “grieving process” as 2.5 million Aussie teens face life without social media. See expert tips to get ready for the ban.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - June 24, 2025: Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on

$825k-a-day fine threat as chatbots expose kids to sex, suicide, terrorism

Four AI companion apps face potential $825,000 daily fines after being caught allowing sexually explicit conversations with minors and promoting self-harm.

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Ahmed Khanji is the CEO of Gridware, a leading cybersecurity consultancy based in Sydney, Australia.

‘Incorrect representation’: Cyber CEO forced to stop using uni title

A cybersecurity expert and CEO has been forced to stop using the term Adjunct Professor by a major Australian university. See how he explains his actions.

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‘Joyless’: The scariest thing about a green Halloween are the eco worriers

Some have declared war on traditional Halloween activities, and there are risks lurking in every pumpkin, fake cobwebs and single-use plastic corpse, Susie O’Brien writes.

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Sick tricks revealed: Sneaky new way anti-vax parents risk your kids

Facebook is teaching parents how to dodge vaccination laws and treat serious illnesses with honey and onions – see how much childhood immunisation rates have fallen.

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‘Phoenixing’: Fake accounts bombard kids in scary new trend

A ‘frightening’ new cyber-bullying trend has emerged, and young bullies are using it to relentlessly harass their victims.

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