Recent Submissions

• "A ripple effect of suffering": Children and young people's experiences of parental immigration detention and deportation 

  Peterie, Michelle; Jackson, Suzette; Vidal, Laura

  Published 2026-07-01

  This report highlights the harm children and young people experience when a parent or caregiver is detained or deported. While immigration detention and deportation are hotly contested topics in Australian politics, children ...

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• Submission on the Exposure Draft of the Children’s Online Privacy Code 2026 

  Humphry, Justine; Gray, Joanne; Mrva-Montoya, Agata; Hutchinson, Jonathon; Ahmadpour, Naseem; Lal, Shalini; Peralta, Louisa; Egliston, Ben; Page Jeffery, Catherine

  Published 2026-06-11

  The submission responds to the Exposure Draft of the Privacy (Children’s Online Privacy) Code 2026. The draft Code represents a meaningful step towards protecting children’s privacy online, including the best interests ...

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• Response to public consultation paper for a new National Cultural Policy 

  Egliston, Ben; Carter, Marcus

  Published 2026

  This submission provides recommendations on the Australian Government’s New National Cultural Policy, with a focus on Australia’s videogame industry. 1. Current funding and support caters predominantly to a narrow slice ...

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• Epstein Islands and other violent crime recreations on Roblox 

  Tan, Wenqi; Vekhande, Sanika; Egliston, Ben; Carter, Marcus; Stilinovic, Milica; Gray, Joanne

  Published 2026-06-09

  Roblox is one of the world’s largest digital platforms, with an average of 151 million daily active users—of whom 56% are under the age of 17. This report presents the results of an exploratory study of user-generated ...

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• An interdisciplinary research framework for social media and youth health [White paper] University of Sydney & Yale School of Medicine 

  Gray, Joanne Elizabeth; Mayes, Linda; Katherine, Battle Horgen; Aneni, Kammarauche; Califano, Claudia; Chan, Lik Sam; Feng, Cynthia; Fatt, Scott; Forsyth, Rowena; Goldwater, Micah B.; Hutchinson, Jonathon; Kong, Grace; Lal, Shalini; Li, Mei; McKee, Alan; Page Jeffery, Catherine; Park, Jennifer J.; Potenza, Marc N.; Stepnik, Agata; Su, Chunmeizi; Wang, Shirley B.; Xu, Xuanzi

  Published 2026

  Policymakers, schools, families and clinicians are increasingly looking to take action to protect young people from potential harms associated with social media use. Australia’s national ban on social media accounts for ...

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