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Australia’s consumer watchdog the ACCC has proposed new mandatory standards on button battery safety as it focuses efforts to ensure consumers are not exposed to potentially unsafe products.

Ninety per cent of parents consider Australia’s education system to be “poor” or having “room for improvement”, with more than one in three admitting they feel ill-equipped to support their child’s learning in the next decade, according to new research.

Reform plans designed to strengthen the online safety of Australians are under consideration by the Federal Government, with the Government commencing public consultation on a proposed new Online Safety Act.

SPONSORED NEWS (Sponsored by iTWire): As Australians start to think about the gifts they will share over the festive season, children’s education charity The Smith Family urges them to also consider stepping up to help change the course of a child’s life, by supporting their education to break the cycle of poverty.

Nearly half of Australian kids aged 6-13 years of age own or use a mobile phone, according to new research.

In an address to the National Press Club in Australia, Deaf Australia CEO Kyle Miers hailed the success of the Huawei-developed StorySign Artificial Intelligence technology and has called for additional funding to help increase the usage of similar new technologies to support greater numbers of deaf Australians.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has established a Button Battery Taskforce to investigate ways to reduce the risk to the community - particularly children - of button batteries.

Cloud and support services consultancy Taysols is partnering with the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) to deliver greater insights and reporting around the services to children, that the department supports, by improving the technology that delivers the insights to caseworkers and other important carers – delivering improved outcomes for the children.

Australian-listed MGM Wireless has announced that European media, entertainment and telecommunications giant Sky is selling its all-in-one SPACETALK children’s smartphone, watch and GPS device in the UK.

With 2018's Moonhack event seeing 35,000+ kids simultaneously coding around the world, the aim for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing is for 50,000+ kids to take on the challenge.

Thursday, 16 May, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and Craig Smith, who works as a school educator in Australia and around the world working with children on the autism spectrum, tells us all about the inspiring inclusive technologies you need to know about – and can even use yourself!

The Australian Labor Party says, if elected, it will create a new eSmart Digital Licence for children to arm them with digital skills and promote discussion about online safety between youngsters and parents, carers and teachers.

Australian entertainers The Wiggles are on Google's digital assistant, offering a range of ways your family can "learn, play and stay entertained with a range of games, activities and stories".

Social media is a big hit with those under 18, but India is proposing a law to prohibit the likes of Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and more from tracking, and targeting advertising to, this audience.

Cancer touches every family, more than any other affliction. Global analytics firm, SAS, has applied its smarts and technology to aiding The Kids’ Cancer Project fund-raising efficiency meaning more money is spent on solutions.

Amended restrictions aimed at protecting Australian children from gambling promotional content during live sport being streamed online have been proposed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

The Vodafone Foundation has released a limited edition smart device Genome Power Pack with all proceeds from sales of the handy $49 power pack going directly to Garvan to fund its mission.

Microsoft excised some portions of a January blog post about its close association with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — which is under fire for enforcing an US Government policy of forcibly separating asylum-seekers from their children — but then restored it after the deletion was spotted.

UNICEF Australia hopes to raise funds through mining for cryptocurrencies by using an opt-in on its website.

Carsales will launch its first ever Kids Coding Camp over two days this January at the company's headquuarters in Melbourne as part of its Go4Tech initiative.