Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government funded this trial in our May budget. The minister and the department have been working through the first two stages and the third stage to make sure—you need to know what you're putting a tender out for—the technology is got right. We've also been cooperating of course with the eSafety Commissioner, a body for which we quadrupled funding.

Social media has a social responsibility to have its social licence. We want to make sure, arising out of this age verification, that we're able to move forward in a way which no country in the world has been able to solve this problem. We are seeking to be the best in the world. That is why you have to actually get it right, not fund a car park where there's no train station—make sure you actually get it right.

I'm surprised that those opposite seek to make this a partisan issue because I think this is an issue which is of concern for all parents. Social media is causing social—

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