The adoption of mobile phones by Australian children is growing rapidly, but education about the dangers of cyber space is lacking, according to a new Telstra survey.

Students are not the only ones in need of education when it comes to online security, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

Victorian school principals need more help to cope with the rising threat of cyberbullying, an Auditor-General's report has found.

Posting violent or other degrading images on the internet will become an offence under proposed South Australian laws.

A woman whose daughter was murdered after being stalked by an internet predator has called on social networking sites to better protect users.