MATTERS OF URGENCY

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Polley ) (17:46): The Senate will now consider the proposal, under standing order 75, from Senator Babet, which is also shown at item 14 of today's Order of Business: The need to recognise that the Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code which requires age assurance measures for account holders of search engines must be amended as it represents another layer of digital surveillance, dressed up as child protection and raises many privacy issues.

Is consideration of the proposal supported? More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerk will set the clock in line with the informal arrangements made by the whips.