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Meg Kanofski

Meg Kanofski

Meg Kanofski is social media editor at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Wait Mate co-founder Jessica Mendoza-Roth said smartphones “are like pokies in children’s pockets”.

There’s a good reason why the social media ban won’t work, and the government knows it

Children will always find a way to circumnavigate your online roadblocks because they know the terrain better than you.

  • Meg Kanofski

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Parents Mia Bannister (left), Robb Evans and Emma Mason with Communications Minister Anika Wells and Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.

The social media ban is set to begin in December. Will it work?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s social media ban faces major hurdles, including the spectre of lawsuits, privacy concerns and whether the change will actually work.

  • Olivia Ireland and Meg Kanofski
housing crisis

Back off, Boomer! You didn’t have to go bush to buy a house

Young Sydneysiders like me are frequently told we’re too precious to move away from the city to find affordable properties. Here’s the truth defence.

  • Meg Kanofski
“Lovely sunroom”: Meg Kanofski at home in her inner Sydney flat.

I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem

You might think sub-letting a room that fits a queen bed in a clean, comfortable, well-located apartment would be easy in a housing crisis. Not so, but I got there in the end.

  • Meg Kanofski