The Australian Government came out with its privacy reform proposals less than a week ago, and just because I could, I dropped everything to cover it.* The information in Zooming Out should be helpful if you were thinking of making a submission to the review of the Bill … or , you can leave it up to CMA to be the voice of child development, research evidence, and children’s rights in that process. Do support us, though! - become a member, get an organisation you know to join as a member, or just make a tax deductible donation. (Or you can always become a paid subscriber - all proceeds go to CMA.)
The paper I cover is about cyberbullying interventions in primary school: what works, and what can parents do?
And Glenn gives us the run-down on Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2. (See Episode 7 for our review of the original.)
* There is just one tiny mistake in what I say: the Commissioner will have 24 months to develop the Children’s Online Privacy Code, not 20.
As always I’d be delighted to know your thoughts on all this, or anything else:
Show notes
Spanish paper: Mercedes Chicote-Beato, Sixto González-Víllora, Ana-Rosa Bodoque-Osma and Raul Navarro, 'Cyberbullying intervention and prevention programmes in primary education (6 to 12 years): A systematic review' (2024) 77 Aggression and Violent Behavior https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178924000284
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs review: https://childrenandmedia.org.au/movie-reviews/movies/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs availability in Australia: https://www.flicks.com.au/movie/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2
Zooming Out details: Australian Privacy Principles; Attorney-General’s media release; documents relevant to current amendments. Link to follow the Bill in the Committee should be available soon.
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Ep 49: Privacy law reform: hot off the press!