Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014

Type: Government
Portfolio: Communications
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 44

Summary

Introduced with the Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014, the bill: establishes the Children’s e-Safety Commissioner and provides for the commissioner’s functions and powers; provides for a complaints system for cyber-bullying material targeted at an Australian child and a two-tiered system for rapid removal of that material from large social media services; provides for civil penalties, enforceable undertakings and injunctions; and establishes the Children’s Online Safety Special Account to fund the commissioner’s functions.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	03 Dec 2014
Second reading moved	03 Dec 2014
Second reading debate	12 Feb 2015
Second reading debate	23 Feb 2015
Second reading agreed to	23 Feb 2015
Third reading agreed to	23 Feb 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	02 Mar 2015
Second reading moved	02 Mar 2015
Second reading debate	03 Mar 2015
Second reading debate	04 Mar 2015
Second reading agreed to	04 Mar 2015
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 2 Government agreed to	04 Mar 2015
Third reading agreed to	04 Mar 2015

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments	05 Mar 2015


Finally passed both Houses	05 Mar 2015
Assent Act no.: 24 Year: 2015	24 Mar 2015

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

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Proposed amendments

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Government [sheet HA125]

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (04/12/2014): Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Committee report (03/03/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Explanatory memoranda

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Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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