The report presents research undertaken in the lead-up to the implementation of the Australian Government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024. The paper centres the voices of multicultural and newly arrived young people to examine how the proposed under-16 social media restriction intersects with settlement, belonging, education, wellbeing and access to information.

This research takes a look back on the settlement experiences of young Victorians who arrived in Australia in the preceding five to ten years. Using the National Youth Settlement Framework as a guide, this paper explores a range of indicators to examine the settlement outcomes of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in Victoria.

In 2016 the first Australian Digital Inclusion Index was released, recognising the enormous role access to and engagement with digital technology and the internet plays in facilitating the economic and social inclusion of Australians in economic, social, cultural and civic life. The index reveals that while digital inclusion is improving, it is uneven and many...