BREAKING: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says her state would “step up to the plate” on banning phones in schools if the federal government could arrange a national approach.
in high schools. Queensland is the only Australian jurisdiction to not yet announce a ban.
“If we can have a national policy on this, of course Queensland will step up to the plate,” Palaszczuk said.the recommendations of a 2018 classroom cyberbullying review, which did not call for a ban. One of the authors publicly changed her position this week.
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