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House of RepresentativesThursday 25 June 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms SPENDER (Wentworth) (15:07): My question is to the Prime Minister. Last night, ASIO chief Mike Burgess said social media was 'promoting discord and inflammatory rhetoric, exacerbating polarisation and creating a permissive environment for violence'. My community has experienced that violence directly at Bondi and in the antisemitic online hate directed at the Jewish community.

Social media algorithms feed extremism and polarisation. Will the government make algorithms opt-out on social media as part of its duty of care bill to protect our community from online extremism?

SourceHouse of Representatives, Thursday 25 June 2026 — official recordTA-260625-house-cd450328341f:s119