PM thanks Nova’s Wippa for his 36 Months campaign

This morning on Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans to legislate a minimum age for social media use to protect children’s mental health

The PM emphasised the need for a national approach to avoid state-specific regulations.

The PM also thanked and congratulated Wippa and his 36 Months co-founder Rob Galluzzo for their campaign to raise the age from 13 to 16, a pivotal step in the proposed legislation change.

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Wippa said “This is terrific news. You were one of the first people to encourage everybody to go to the petition and sign at 36 months.com.au. We thank you for your support and your understanding of how serious and devastating this influence of social media has been on our kids.”

The PM replied “Well, congrats to you for the campaign that you’ve been very much leading. This is about letting children have a childhood.”

“There’s nothing social about some social media taking our young Australians away from real friends and real experiences. It’s pretty simple. We want to get young Australians off their devices and onto the footy field or the netball court or the swimming pool or the tennis court and engaging with each other. And we know that social media is causing social harm.”