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Fraser Barton

Qld seeks national policy as it weighs school phone ban

The newly-elected NSW Labor government made a pre-election pitch to ban phones in state schools. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland has signalled it's open to banning public school students from using their mobile phones in the classroom and on school grounds, in line with most other states.

Education Minister Grace Grace will meet with her federal counterpart Jason Clare on Thursday and plans to call for a unified national approach to phone-use bans.

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