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 report outlines findings from a study conducted with Australian children aged 7-9 to determine how they use and find content on streaming platforms, their levels of technical fluency with these platforms, and whether they gravitate towards, are able to find, and are culturally literate with Australian content on these platforms. It found that Australian...

With international and domestic discussions on banning children and young people from social media, this report is a timely contribution that aims to inform stakeholders and organisations concerned with the wellbeing, education, social participation, and safety of children using digital technologies.

Young children are spending an increased amount of their time indoors. This article summarises international and Australian research evidence on why this is and considers what this means for their well-being and for the people who support families.

This paper examines changes in the production and commissioning of Australian television drama from 1999–2019, a period marked by notable changes in the business of television in Australia and globally.