Australia: Funding for a pilot program focused on age assurance technology in Federal Budget Bill
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
01 May 2024 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Announced Federal Budget Bill including funding for a pilot program focused on age assurance technology
On 1 May 2024, the Australian Government announced that it would include in the Federal Budget Bill provisions to enable the funding for a pilot on age assurance technology to protect children from accessing harmful online content, including pornogr…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government