Larrikins and Lighthouses: A Time of Change in Australian Children’s Television


For more than half a century, Australian children’s television has been a cornerstone of Australian culture and vital to explorations and formulations of Australian ‘national identity’. Australian children’s television is facing a silent crisis that is too big for one little blue dog to shoulder alone.

Dr Liam Burke, Associate Professor of Screen Studies, and Dr Joanna McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Swinburne University of Technology

How children’s television can help our kids develop life skills


Screen time is a contentious issue for modern parents. We are inundated with conflicting messages about how much is too much. But research has begun to show that it’s not just the time children spend engaging with screens that matters: we need to focus on the quality, not just the quantity of what children are watching.

Emma Field