House debates Bills
Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026; Consideration in Detail
Anika Wells Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Sport
11:15 am
I thank the member for Bradfield for her amendment to increase maximum penalties. The bill proposes $109.2 million, which is consistent with other consumer protection fines in Australia. While that may seem like a negligible amount for $1 billion company who did just unblushingly pay $25.6 billion in fines to New Mexico a few weeks ago, it's important to remember we're not doing this alone. This is supposed to be a global coalition. It's having a cumulative effect. There is a global reckoning coming. This is part of it. We're leading the way. We do want to see behavioural change from these companies. That is our shared end goal. Thank you.
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