Online Safety Hub

Online Safety Hub

The Hub includes expert advice on the most pertinent cyber safety issues and frequently asked questions around platforms like TikTok, Fortnite, Instagram, and more. There are app reviews with age and safety recommendations, a range of guides and resources to help ensure healthy boundaries around screen time and gaming, and step-by-step instructions for using parental controls and filtering out inappropriate content.

Exploring the online experiences of boys and young men

For boys and young men, the internet can be a place where they seek connection, validation and guidance as they explore what it means to be a man today. However, it also exposes them to risks like harmful content, online exploitation and the growing influence of misogynistic ideologies.  

This 45-minute webinar will help parents and carers understand:

• social and cultural influences shaping boys and young men
• how boys engage online, build relationships and how they may be vulnerable to manipulation or exploitation

• the impact of social media, gaming, and influencers on their attitudes, behaviours and sense of identity.

   

This presentation will share practical strategies to build critical thinking, challenge harmful narratives, and create open conversations that empower boys and young men to navigate the online world safely and respectfully.

Suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in upper primary and secondary school.

Term 4: 28 October 12:30-1:15pm (AEDT)

Navigating screen time: tools for today’s families

This 45-minute webinar:

• explores what quality screen time looks like
• how to create balanced family routines
• ways to manage boredom and transitions

• strategies to support children’s wellbeing at different ages and stages.

   

The webinar offers realistic and practical approaches to strengthen digital skills, encourage open conversations, and make screen time more positive and predictable for the whole family.

Suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in primary and lower secondary school.

Term 4: 11 November 2026, 12:30pm (AEDT)

How AI is influencing new online risks for children and young people

AI (generative artificial intelligence) is built into many of the apps, games and services we use. While these tools can offer positive experiences, they also bring new risks, especially for children and young people.

Understanding what these risks look like, how to reduce them, and what to do if something goes wrong is important.

This 45-minute webinar for parents and carers will cover these areas.

• The types of AI-related risks your child may come across in their everyday online activities, including AI companion chatbots, deepfakes, AI influencers, and AI-facilitated cyberbullying and other online-harassment related risks.
• How these technologies can affect your child's safety, privacy, development, and mental and social wellbeing.
• Practical, easy-to-use strategies and resources to help you guide and support your child, including what to do if something goes wrong and where to seek help.

Suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in primary and secondary school.

Term 4: 19 November 2026, 12:30pm (AEDT)

Supporting healthy tech use as your child transitions into secondary school

This 45-minute webinar explores the social pressures, peer influences, and technological challenges children face as they transition into secondary school. It also offers practical strategies for navigating online friendships and connections to help minimise negative experiences.  

You'll learn:

• what social pressures they may be experiencing online
• how they can build digital resilience and critical reasoning
• how to talk to your young person about what they see and do online

• practical strategies for promoting positive peer interactions and help seeking behaviours.

   

It's suitable for parents and carers of children in upper primary school (ages 11 to 12) and those with children in Year 7.  

Term 4: 24 November 2026, 12:30pm (AEDT)

How connection and belonging shapes children and young people’s vulnerability online

Connection, identity and belonging are powerful drivers for young people online, but they can also increase vulnerability.

This webinar explores:

• the role of offline experiences in shaping vulnerability online
• why some young people are more at risk online

• strategies to support safer online engagement.

   

It’s suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in primary and secondary school. 

Term 4: 2 December 2026, 12:30pm (AEDT)