Article 6QKKT Nationals leader claims MP ‘looking for attention’ – as it happened

Nationals leader claims MP ‘looking for attention’ – as it happened

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PM speaks on social media ban for kids

Anthony Albanese is doing the media rounds this morning, speaking on the government's announcement it will ban children from social media platforms. This came after the South Australian announcement yesterday it would be moving to ban children under 14.

Well, we want to work with the states and territories. What we didn't want to develop is eight different systems. We know this is a national issue and it's pretty simple. We want to get kids off their devices and on to the footy fields, on to the netball courts, into the swimming pools.

We want them to have real experiences with real people, and we know that social media is causing social harm, which is why we put funding in the budget to have a trial to make sure that we get it right.

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