Submission to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2004
The Human Rights Law Centre’s recommends that Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2004 not be passed.
This Bill is a flawed response to a serious issue, diverting attention from the real problem: the failure of digital platforms to prioritise safety for all users.
The submission makes a number of recommendations including:
1. The Human Rights Law Centre urges the Committee to recommend that the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2004 not pass.
2. Future legislative inquiries must ensure adequate consultation and public engagement. Rushed processes undermine good governance, human rights, and the legitimacy of our laws.
3. The Committee should recommend that the Government instead prioritise legislation to establish an overarching duty of care for digital platforms to ensure the safety of all users online
Submission to 2025-26 Federal Budget consultation
The Human Rights Law Centre has put forward recommendations to the 2025-26 federal budget submissions across a range of issues, including campaigning for an Australian Human Rights Act, migration justice, prisoners’ rights, whistleblower protection and modern slavery.
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Submission to Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 review
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and warned that these powers enable the AFP and ACIC to undertake significant invasions of privacy, encroach on the right to privacy, and threaten to have a chilling effect on the work of journalists and their sources.
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Submission to Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities
In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into antisemitism on Australian university campuses, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for reforms that uphold Australia's commitment to international human rights standards, fostering a society that respects equality, freedom, and justice for all.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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