This report establishes the baseline for how online abuse is shaping public life for women and gender‑diverse people in public life across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. This first dataset for May 2026 shows Facebook dominates both volume and harm and identity-based hostility is clear.

This report charts how Australian children's television is navigating a profound cultural and industrial crisis. The sector tasked with producing valuable local screen content is experiencing systemic market failure and contraction. The report delivers an evidence-based policy and industry analysis. It exposes key structural vulnerabilities in the current childrenʼs screen sector.

This research finds evidence that digital addiction drives about one-third of social media use. It finds that many people use more social media than they would like, placing digital media alongside other addictive goods. The paper concludes that policymakers should consider interventions that would help users act in accordance with their own long-run preferences.

This report presents findings from 729 surveys of digital inclusion, communications and media use among First Nations Australians in ten regional towns. It highlights barriers to digital access in rural and remote areas and provides site-specific profiles alongside aggregated analysis. Produced for Closing the Gap Target 17, it contributes to ongoing efforts to measure and...

This research summary aims to inform the design and development of evidence-based teaching and learning materials that are relevant to and supportive of children and young people, to enable respectful, equitable, inclusive and safe relationships in the Australian context. It examines young people’s experiences of sex, gender and relationships, both online and offline.