My question is to the Prime Minister. How does the proposed digital duty of care help to protect children online, empower Australians and hold social media companies to account? Why is this reform so important for our nation?

I thank the fantastic member for Dickson for that question, and I thank her for the leadership that she continues to show for that fantastic part of the northern suburbs of Brisbane. Today, the House passed a digital duty of care. This is about holding social media companies to account. Now, the parliament must come together to deliver it. The bill does two things. Firstly, it makes social media companies accountable for what appears on their platforms, just like other elements of the media are accountable for what occurs, including in the comments section or things that are published, on their websites. Why is it that these big multinational companies should be in a privileged position compared with News.com.au or the Nine news sites or any other media site based here in Australia? They need to be held to account.

The second thing that it does is empowers Australians to have control of what they see on their algorithms. We know that the algorithms drive people towards more extreme positions, and we know this is having an impact on our society. The deliberate design of social media algorithms are designed to push people further and further down these rabbit holes and to change society for the worse. That's what we are seeing. Too many children are still suffering from online harm and poor mental health. Adults do not have the choice over their algorithms that they want, and, frankly, they deserve that choice. You see the impact and harm of social media right across our society, and Australians are sick of it. It is time that we call time on it. Today the House of Representatives did just that.

The onus to act on these harms should not be on children or on parents or on individuals. It should be on these multinational social media companies. This is not about limiting debate or criticism. It is about enabling decency, protecting children and giving them back a childhood. It is not about government control. It's about giving Australians control. Australian parents and the Australian people want the parliament to act on this, and this is our opportunity to deliver.