Hunter teen team develops app to make Internet a safer place

Helen Gregory
Updated November 1 2019 - 9:31am, first published 7:00am
Stars: Emily Pockett, Violet O'Brien, Isabel O'Brien and Layne Wilks are in the Catholic Schools Office's gifted and talented program. Team coach Rebecca Heath said the program helped "take them to the next step". Picture: Peter Stoop
Stars: Emily Pockett, Violet O'Brien, Isabel O'Brien and Layne Wilks are in the Catholic Schools Office's gifted and talented program. Team coach Rebecca Heath said the program helped "take them to the next step". Picture: Peter Stoop

A QUARTET of Hunter teenage girls have been honoured for developing an app that aims to make the Internet a safer place for their peers.

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Helen Gregory

Helen Gregory

Journalist

Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.

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