Australian children lack the basic movement skills to be active and healthy.

L. M. Barnett, L. L. Hardy, D. R. Lubans, D. P. Cliff, A. D. Okely, A. P. Hills E and P. J. Morgan on behalf of the Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Stream of the Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (ACAORN) School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Vic. 3125, Australia. Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Lvl 2 K25 Medical Foundation Building, 92 Parramatta Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, University Dve, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Education, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Centre for Nutrition and Exercise, Mater Research and Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia. Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]