Every state and territory — bar Queensland — has phone rules for government-run schools, from blanket bans to keeping them turned off.
abc.net.au/news/national-mobile-phone-ban-and-restrictions-in-schools/102222320Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says the "time has come" for a national policy on phones in state schools.Federal Education Minister Jason Clare will meet his state and territory counterparts in the coming months
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has promised to "step up to the plate" if a national policy is brought in. "I think the time has come as at the moment there's different approaches in different states," he said.
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