Bill
Online Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (My Face, My Rights) Bill 2025
before parliament, as at 2026-06-25.
- Sponsor
- David Pocock
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-11-24
- second reading — 2025-11-24
- second reading — 2026-06-25
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 2025-11-24.
The bill would combat the unauthorized creation and distribution of deepfake audio or visual content.
It would give the eSafety Commissioner power to issue removal notices and impose civil penalties for hosting such material.
Victims could seek civil remedies such as injunctions or damages under a new statutory cause of action in the Privacy Act.
- Creates a complaints and enforcement regime for non-consensual deepfake material under the Online Safety Act 2021.
- Establishes a new statutory cause of action for wrongful use or disclosure of deepfake material under the Privacy Act 1988.
- Empowers the eSafety Commissioner to issue removal notices and impose civil penalties.
Individuals whose likeness or voice is used in deepfake content without consent, especially women, children, and other vulnerable groups.
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