Bill
Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-07-23. Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-03-16
- second reading — 2021-03-16
- third reading — 2021-03-16
- introduced — 2021-03-17
- second reading — 2021-03-17
- second reading — 2021-06-16
- second reading — 2021-06-17
- second reading — 2021-06-22
- third reading — 2021-06-22
- passed — 2021-06-22
- royal assent — 2021-07-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-02-24.
This bill supports the government's plan to strengthen online safety rules for Australians.
It would increase the maximum prison term for using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend from three years to five years.
The bill also adjusts related aggravated offences so they align proportionally with the higher penalty.
- Raises the maximum penalty for a criminal code offence involving carriage services.
- Amends aggravated and special aggravated offences to match the new penalty.
- Handles transitional and consequential matters from the main online safety act.
Users of carriage services who commit threatening, harassing or offensive acts.
Sources
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