David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendment (1) on sheet 1861:

(1) Amendment (1), item 3, after paragraph 3B(1)(e), add:

; or (f) a social media service (within the meaning of the Online Safety Act 2021).

This is a very simple amendment that seeks to amend the government's amendments on sheet ZB195 to simply add social media to the blackout period. We have the advertising blackout period for a very good reason. I welcome the updates to the machinery of how referendums take place. It's 2023. There have been many changes since the republic referendum, including with regard to social media. I don't think social media featured in that campaign, so it makes sense to me to ensure that we're not seeing advertising on social media during that period.