Toni Hassan
Toni Hassan is with the parent movement, the Heads-Up Alliance, and author of Families in the Digital Age (Hybrid Press). Elizabeth Handsley is the President of Children and Media Australia.
Toni's recent articles
6 June 2024
Digital environment a big omission in federal government’s Early Years Strategy
The Albanese Government released its Early Years Strategy last month. Targeted at families, communities and the ‘Early Years System’ or sector - childcare, early learning centres and support services - the 10-year strategy is aimed at bolstering the healthy development of young children from before they are born until they turn five.
16 January 2021
Chocolate: still tainted by child labour
What is your New Year resolution? To get fitter and eat less sugar, including chocolate? There's plenty of other reasons to re-think our love affair with chocolate.
14 June 2020
Unlearning racism starts with deep listening
The George Floyd case has given witness to social systems in the US that privilege whiteness. However across the world, there is institutional police brutality that is an expression of existing tensions and hierarchies.
10 May 2020
Building a mental health system that tackles root causes
For many of us, forced to work at home or to not work at all, the COVID-19 crisis has driven home the importance of mental health and how work interacts with our sense of wellbeing.
4 May 2020
TONI HASSAN. The earth is breathing easier.
Major cities and their birds are breathing easier.Across China, smog has given way to the colour blue. Even the snow-capped Himalayas are visible from parts of Northern India for the first time in locals memories.