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Qld imposing all-day phone ban on state school students

Queensland is banning mobile phones and smartwatches in all state schools from next year. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland state school students will be banned from using mobile phones and smartwatches when classes begin next year.

Education Minister Grace Grace says the move builds on previous policy under which almost all state schools had imposed some kind of mobile phone ban.

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