Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026

Senator GREEN (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Tourism, Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Assistant Minister for Northern Australia) (10:15): I think Senator Hanson-Young, in tabling that document, has provided an answer to her own question, which is that the government is committed to ensuring that the digital duty of care bill includes a commitment to ensuring transparency around processes and systems and ensuring access to this information by researchers.

Of course, we are again talking about a piece of legislation that will be introduced after an exposure draft consultation period. All the caveats around different legal and constitutional advice will be required. But we've made that commitment after advocacy from Senator Hanson-Young, ensuring that the amendment that's been put forward the opposition is instead dealt with through the digital duty of care legislation, for which there will be the opportunity for a consultation period and, particularly, parliamentary scrutiny and submissions from the public so we can ensure that the digital duty of care legislation is carefully scrutinised.

The CHAIR: The question is that opposition amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 4059 be agreed to.