CDT LEGAL

18/11/2025

Roblox rolls out new age assurance features to prevent teens and kids from chatting with adults they do not know.

The changes were heralded by the Australian eSafety commissioner as proof of the success of their efforts to make platforms safer, having been in negotiations with Roblox for several months about safety concerns for the platform.

From today users will be able to voluntarily have their age estimated, and the feature will become mandatory from the first week of December.

Once an age check is done, users will be assigned to one of six age groups – under 9, 9-12, 13-15, 16-17, 18-20 or 21+.

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As Roblox rolls out new age assurance features to prevent teens and kids from chatting with adults they do not know, it has insisted Australia’s upcoming under-16s social media ban should not apply to its services. The company, which is releasing the new features in Australia first, said that from...

14/11/2025

07/11/2025

U16s SOCIAL MEDIA BAN

Australia’s social media ban for under 16s is due to start on 10 December 2025. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and X are already included. Reddit and Kick have also been added.

Parents can now say "It is against the law for me to allow you to use these platforms."

Platforms that fail to take reasonable steps to prevent kids under the age of 16 years having accounts could face fines of up to AU$49 million.

The Australian Government has launched an online safety campaign that parents can engage with. Visit https://www.esafety.gov.au/ for more info.

Helping Australians have safer, more positive experiences online.

02/10/2025

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24/09/2025

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/babies/nsw-woman-blasts-monash-ivf-clinic-for-holding-her-future-child-hostage/news-story/8b2f723d6c41ec128bf3320a6de121db

An Australian fertility clinic that has made headlines for shocking embryo mix-ups is now being accused by women across Australia for denying them of siblings for their children.

30/09/2024

Important new case law out of the FCFCOA at Melbourne to properly build on Masson v Parsons [2019] in this space, cementing that the best interests of the donor conceived child are indeed the paramount consideration. The distinguishing feature of this case, however, is the removal of parental responsibility.
Visit https://www.cdtlegal.com.au/law-news for a summary of the issues and findings. This case highlights the importance of ALL PARTIES obtaining thorough advice as to the potential issues, and of addressing time and parenting matters in pre-conception agreements.
Full transcript: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FedCFamC2F/2024/800.html

26/08/2024

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19/08/2024

For anyone who is considering donor conception, or has a child who is donor conceived (no matter how old), this event is a must! Happy to be invited by DCP Hub to participate and collaborate so that we can all better understand the complexities of donor conception, and so that we can all do all the things around it even better 😊

🥁Drum roll.....🥁 our first speaker announced is Courtney du Toit!

Courtney will share her experience with attendees at our about how she learned she was and how that discovery affected her. As a lawyer, she specialises in ART and donor conception law, and has written many a known donor agreement. Courtney has also spoken at the United Nations HQ in Geneva about the Rights of the Child!

Book your tickets now at Early Bird rates (until 16 August) or view the program at www.dcphub.com.au/how-to-tell.

The seminar is on 21 September 2024 in Melbourne and will be live streamed. Its suitable for all families created by donor conception regardless of donor type, family structure or conception method.

17/08/2024

🥁Drum roll.....🥁 our first speaker announced is Courtney du Toit!

Courtney will share her experience with attendees at our about how she learned she was and how that discovery affected her. As a lawyer, she specialises in ART and donor conception law, and has written many a known donor agreement. Courtney has also spoken at the United Nations HQ in Geneva about the Rights of the Child!

Book your tickets now at Early Bird rates (until 16 August) or view the program at www.dcphub.com.au/how-to-tell.

The seminar is on 21 September 2024 in Melbourne and will be live streamed. Its suitable for all families created by donor conception regardless of donor type, family structure or conception method.

09/08/2024

"Jane goes into her partnership as many Gen X women did, assuming that she was entering into a partnership between equals. For the most part, she could convince herself that she was."

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“Decentralising men has been a huge part of my life,” Ratajkowski says. “I still love men in many ways, but the Disney fairy tale I had once embraced of being chosen and building a life while being desirable to one man and keeping a man and all that, I just don’t find that interesting anymor...