NSW Labor Proposes Banning Phones in High Schools

Schoolgirls wait with their mobile phones up for the arrival of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at Macarthur Girls High School in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 19, 2018. Phil Noble - Pool/Getty Images

The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election.

Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday.