Digital Asset Platforms are online platforms that hold digital assets, such as crypto, for consumers. This statement aims to provide clarity and certainty to the digital assets sector and outlines the government’s approach to reform, progress to date and the forward workplan. It identifies four key pillars to its approach.

This review of the policies and practices of 22 agencies found messaging apps are an established feature of digital communications in the Australian Public Service, though they are regularly being used without adequate policies and procedures that reflect statutory obligations. The objective of the report is to provide information, advice and assistance to agencies around...

This report summarises the responses from a selection of online service providers on the measures taken to protect Australians from the risk that terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) material and activity posed to their safety and security. While tools are being used to detect TVE, they are not always applied consistently or comprehensively.

This report examines age assurance measures on social media platforms used by young Australians. It combines regulatory data from social media services with survey responses from Australian children to assess the effectiveness of age restrictions. It finds inconsistent policies and an overall lack of robust interventions are failing to keep children off social media.

The concept of ‘reasonable steps’ is embedded throughout Australian digital platform regulation but it is highly contested. This policy brief reflects discussions from a roundtable of experts examining the concept of reasonable steps, debating its usefulness and considering how it could be improved.