Digital advances and climate pressures are leaving people behind
An estimated 2.2 billion people did not have access to internet connectivity in 2025. Even among people who are connected, affordability, service quality and limited digital skills continue to restrict meaningful participation. Without deliberate action, unequal access to connectivity, devices, data and AI skills could turn today’s digital divide into deeper and more persistent gaps in learning, income and economic opportunity.
From silence to signal: Nigerian women building digital pathways to justice
From silence to connectivity: Nigerian women building digital pathways to justice
Inquiry into Triple Zero Service Outages
ACCAN recently submitted to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee’s Inquiry into Triple Zero service outages. Australians believe that access to mobile telecommunications is critical for participation in daily life.
Children want to shape their rights in the digital world
Children represent approximately one-third of all internet users globally, according to UNICEF, with many routinely accessing digital platforms and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, from increasingly young ages.
Your rights in the digital world
In 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wrote a very important guide to explain to everyone that children’s rights apply in the digital world.
Policy, Practice, and Futures A report on the priorities arising from the second Digital Childhoods Summit
This report synthesises discussions from the Digital Childhoods Summit, held in Canberra on 11-12 June. Both the Summit and this report are initiatives of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (Digital Child), aimed at producing agreed priorities and actions for supporting children in the digital world.
Unleashing fibre: The future of digital fibre infrastructure in New Zealand
New Zealand’s digital fibre infrastructure is a success story worth celebrating, but the best is yet to come. Unleashing the power of our digital fibre infrastructure is critical to a brighter future – one that could be worth $163 billion over the next 10 years.
