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Cyber security solutions provider Bitdefender has released an updated product line which it claims will give consumers complete privacy.

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.

A total of 54% of Australian parents believe their children are more likely to be bullied online instead of on the school playground.

The Australians most vulnerable to cyberbullying – 14 and 15 years olds – are also the most likely to stand up and speak out about it.

Coalition leader Tony Abbott has announced plans to set up an Online Safety Working Group  to develop the Coalition's online safety policy.

Australia's parents are struggling to keep their kids safe online due to a lack of tech knowledge, according to new research.

The Australian Human Rights Commission is partnering with the Child Health Promotion Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, and marketing communications and public relations company, Primary Communication to develop a campaign designed to help young people take safe and effective action when they witness cyber bullying.

Some of Australia's internet superpowers are combining to fight cyber bullying, in the form of a new cyber-safety committee that will be available for public observation.

Parents frazzled from the summer holidays heaved a sigh of relief as the last of the nation's children returned to school today, their backpacks bristling with recently purchased technology. But new research from Telstra indicates that while most Australian schoolchildren aged 10-17 will now have a mobile phone, and more than half a laptop, not all of them have been warned about cyber security issues by their parents, potentially placing them at risk of cyber-bullying or identity theft.

Electronic Frontiers Australia has welcomed the bundle of Internet protection measures announced the Coalition as being superior to both the ALP's heavy handed censorship plans and to former Howard Government policy, but has questioned whether the problems merit the $100m budget allocated.