Qld Phone Ban 2024. In july of 2023, state and federal education ministers made a national commitment to ban, restrict or. Principals across the state already use the power to restrict phone usage, but the issue reemerged after an election promise from the new nsw labor government to ban the.

The mobile phone ban will extend to wearable devices like smartwatches, which can be worn, but must have notifications switched off, so that phone calls, messages and. The reviewer, cheryl vardon, suggests statewide restrictions on mobile phone access during school hours.