This brief report builds upon the findings of the EU Kids Online project’s work into Excessive Internet Use among the 19,834 European children (aged 11-16) participating in that study and now looks at the effects on Australian children. It compares the European data with the much smaller cohort of 300 Australian children (aged 11-16) who...

This paper draws on the work of the 'EU Kids Online' network and addresses Australian children's online activities in terms of risk, harm and opportunity. In particular, it draws upon data that indicates that Australian children are more likely to encounter online risks than is the case with their EU counterparts.

Over the past five years there has been an explosion of research into the risks that (particularly) children run when they interact online. EU Kids Online I ran from 2006_09 and assessed over 400 studies drawn from 21 EU countries before moving into a new phase (EU Kids Online II) with comparative research across 25...

On the basis of our survey of international research, we argue that Australia should not apply a system of media content classification that already treats different media inconsistently to the online environment without any consideration of the existing flaws in regulation and the complex particularities of the online world. The internet is not a medium...

Acknowledging and celebrating new energy around critiques of Australia's National Innovation System, this paper explores the design of an innovation system that would harness energy from the Creative Industries. The notion that the Creative Industries are an important element of Australia's innovation system has not, it seems, been self-evident.