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To ban or not to ban: Victoria's mobile phone move divides experts

The federal education minister wants to take the state’s initiative nationwide but not everyone’s buying the argument

At lunch time, Mia* and her friends talk to each other. The year 11 student at the Newtown High School of Performing Arts uses her phone mostly to message friends. She has a tracker on her device to monitor her time on social media, which she limits to 30 minutes a day.

Sometimes in class, she will use her phone to take a picture of notes or instructions on the board. But during lunch at school, she chats with her friends.

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