This submission to the Government’s consultation on the Basic Online Safety Expectations in the Online Safety Act highlights:

1. Suggested enhancements and improvements regarding systems and processes.
2. Suggestions to increasing accountability and transparency.
3. Suggestions to enhance children’s best interests.
4. Considerations regarding hate speech, including the need for a more systemic approach to effectively protect communities.

The submission generally calls for a strengthened approach towards protecting safety, increasing accountability and transparency, an over-arching duty of care, and treating online protection as a systemic issue.