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These time zones are further governed by the Australian Commercial Television Code of Practice, over and above the commercial Code of Practice. Both are similar to the G and PG classifications respectively in terms of allowable content, but are specifically targeted at children, whereas G specifies programming content that is suitable for all ...
The content quotas on children's programming were enforced in Australia until October 2020, when the Australian Government released an overhaul of local content requirements. [2] The children's sub-quotas were permanently removed, leaving commercial broadcasters with no obligation to produce and air Australian content for children. [ 2 ]
Australian educational institutes have been divided on whether phones should be completely banned in classrooms or only allowed for certain amounts of time during school hours. Since 2019, the New South Wales government has banned phones completely from its primary schools. In a public statement justifying the policy, Berejiklian declared that ...
Screen time is the amount of time spent using an electronic device with a display screen such as a smartphone, computer, television, video game console, or tablet. [1] The concept is under significant research with related concepts in digital media use and mental health. Screen time is correlated with mental and physical harm in child ...
The Australian Classification Board (ACB or CB) is an Australian government statutory body responsible for the classification and censorship of films, television programmes, video games and publications for exhibition, sale or hire in Australia. The ACB was established in 1917 as the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board.
In April 2019, the Senate passed this bill in response to the Christchurch mosque shooting, which was live-streamed and circulated online.It requires websites that provide a hosting service to "ensure the expeditious removal" of audio or visual material documenting "abhorrent violent conduct" (including terrorist acts, murder, attempted murder, torture, rape or kidnapping), produced by a ...
Film and TV financing in Australia refers to government assistance to TV and cinema in Australia. Over the past 30 years, government assistance has involved a mixture of government support, distributor/ broadcaster involvement and private investment. To a significant extent, government policies have shaped the form and scale of financing. Since 1995/96, 25-30% of funding for [Australian ...
The novel Upsurge, written by J. M. Harcourt and published in 1934, [30] became the first Australian book to be officially banned under the guidelines of the Commonwealth Book Censorship Board [28] It was initially banned as seditious, later reviewed and the ban confirmed, ostensibly on grounds of indecency [31] and explicit depictions of sex ...