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How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?

Toby Manhire speaks to Hal Crawford about how the under-16 social media ban is going in Australia, and Robbie Nicol about the latest Christopher Nolan’s film, The Odyssey.

24 Jul 2026

How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?

More about the episode

As Christopher Luxon declares he’ll “die trying” to get something done in banning social media for New Zealand children under 16, it’s a good time to ask: how is the pioneering Australian prohibition going? Hal Crawford, editorial director at Mumbrella and former boss of Newshub NZ, joins Toby to explain, seven months in, what is working, what isn’t, and what he’d say to the NZ PM if he was called into the Beehive.

Plus: in How Good, Robbie Nicol goes on a journey. To the Imax. To watch Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

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