Helping kids and young people

My granddad told me that our mob are some of the deadliest storytellers in the world and the oldest.

Now the internet lets us share our stories and culture with biggest mobs of people.

But sometimes we spend a bit too much time on there or come across gammon people.

The Safer Together Guide helps me and my family be safe and deadly online.

Check it out.

Us mob are some of the deadliest storytellers in the world.

Being online gives us more ways to share our stories and culture and engage with our mob, but sometimes we spend a bit too much time on there or come across gammon people.

The Leaving Deadly Digital Footprints guide helps everyone and our family learn more about online safety.

Check it out!

Aunty: Hey bub, let's sit and have a yarn about something.

Child: What's up Aunty?

Aunty: We are gonna sit and make some rules about what's OK and what's not with being online.

Child: Like, what games I can play?

Aunty: Yep. Things like that. What times we can be online, how we should act. Nothing bad, just so we have a plan to be safe, yeah?

Child: Sweet.

OK you lot. To the dinner table. Let's go.

Why Nan? Have we done something wrong?

Nah ma babies.

I just want us to make some rules for when you're playing on those phones and things.

Oh, OK. You mean like we gotta do our homework first?

Yep.

Things like that.

If we have some good rules, it'll help us all be safe and deadly online.

You wouldn't invite a stranger into your home or bedroom, right? But that's what's really happening if someone you don't know contacts you online, which happens to one in four young people like me. 

There's no way of telling if the person is who they say they are. 

So if they ask you for favours, say they like your body or your appearance, ask personal things, want photos of you or want to meet you? Tell someone straight away. 

You can also stop responding to them, block and report them and make your accounts private. The eSafety Guide has tips on how to do this.

But most importantly, if you think something's not right, trust your instincts and tell people straight away.

Because staying safe means staying safe online too.

For more information on how to stay safe online, visit esafety.gov.au. 

Funding for this project has provided through the eSafety Online Safety Grants program, an Australian Government initiative.

Young boy: Hey, Dad. Mind if I head off to that party and hang out with those guys.

Dad: We all have rules to help keep our kids safe at home and in the Community, right? So it should be the same when they have a smartphone. 

We need to set up some clear boundaries to keep them safe.

Here’s some that you and your kids might want to agree on. 

No phones after a certain time and keep it to a daily screen time limit, like one hour on school nights. 

No sharing their passwords with others or sharing their real name, age and address when posting, talking to strangers or on sites where anyone can see it.

Be kind to people and don't take or share photos of others without their permission. 

And remember, you can use technology tools to help set the boundaries to keep your child safe, like using parental controls to help manage their privacy and the types of content they can access, because having some rules to keep our kids safe means rules for using their phones too.

For more information on how to stay safe online, visit esafety.gov.au. 

Funding for this project was provided through the eSafety Online Safety Grants program, an Australian Government initiative.

Let's go on a journey.

A long time ago in the Dreaming, stories were formed and told the old way, person to person.

These stories have left footprints for generations to follow.

These days, technology has changed the way we share and tell our stories.

[Reads title] Digital Footprint, Online Business is Everyone's Business.

As soon as we go online our digital footprint begins.

How we look after our digital footprint will impact on how our future generations will understand and see our culture.

What you text and post goes further than your own mob's Country.

So it's real important that we build a strong digital footprint by being deadly in everything we say and do online.

Texting and using social networking sites shapes how people see you now and into the future.

A bad digital footprint can damage friendships, break relationships, hurt job chances and bring shame to your mob.

It can lead to payback and violence between families and community.

All right you mob, I want you to go out there and be the best you can be. 

You’re in control of what you do online.

You kids are our future.

And I know you can do the right thing by looking after your mates, respecting our culture and being positive when you go online.

You want to build a strong digital footprint. 

Bring some pride to you and your mob by being respectful when you're online.

Remember online business is everyone's business.

What you post today can come right back to your mob like boomerang.

Under 25? Worried about your digital footprint?

You can make a free call to Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.

Let's go on a journey. 

Long time ago in the Dreaming, stories were formed and told the old way, person to person.

These stories have left footprints for generations to follow.

These days, technology has changed the way we share and tell our stories.

[Reads title] Bullying online, shame long time.

Cyberbullying is bullying using phones and online sites.

It can happen to anyone and can leave you feeling unsafe and feeling shame.

Cyberbullying can make you feel alone, outside your friends, family and the mob.

It can split families and communities, and sometime can lead to payback and violence.

What does it look like?

Abusive texts and emails, threats, posting nasty comments, photos and gossip, pretending to be someone else online to stir trouble or bring shame, leaving people out online, blackmail, hate pages.

How do you deal with it?

Don't fight back. No matter how much you want to, as soon as you fight back online, it makes it worse and leaves a bad footprint for you.

Don't post abusive messages. It can get you in trouble with the law.

You can block the person who's doing the bullying.

Change your privacy settings.

Report it and collect the evidence. 

Keep mobile phone messages, emails and online posts.

Talk to someone you trust.

If you see or know about cyberbullying going on, there are things you can do.

Support the person being bullied.

Ask them if they're OK.

Don't forward on messages or pictures if you see them.

Stand up and speak out.

Keep the messages to show a trusted adult or a leader in the community what's going on.

Report and block the bully.

This can be done online and is anonymous.

Under 25? Worried about cyberbullying? You can make a free call to the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.