This submission is based on research on political disinformation and advertising on WeChat, RedNote and Chinese-language YouTube channels during the 2025 Australian federal election. The findings uncover the challenges in electoral regulation and enforcement, particularly concerning political advertising and disinformation that may undermine Australia’s electoral integrity. The submission provides four recommendations.

Australians of all ages are engaging with gaming to relax, learn or connect with friends, but common design features can leave players worse-off – 95% of Australian adult gamers encounter manipulative design practices in digital games, leading to financial losses and emotional distress. The report makes 9 recommendations to protect vulnerable players, improve consumer protection...

This submission considers some important and complex questions around the role of social media in Australian society by a large group of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).

This project develops a model for providing accountability for 'dark ads' on Australia’s most popular social media platform, Facebook. By showing what accountability looks like, the research reminds us just how dramatically the online advertising environment has shifted.

The aim of this project was to explore the service and information needs of vulnerable young parents who are the beneficiaries of social services and welfare programs.