The final report for an inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services. The report examines recent international legislative and regulatory developments, unfair trading practices and dispute resolution; major developments and key trends in services; and potential and emerging competition and consumer issues. The report reinforces the need for regulatory reform.

The Children’s Online Privacy Code is widely expected to address a range of privacy issues for children, including targeted advertising. This paper explores a discussion held by 21 experts from academia and civil society around how the Code might address targeted advertising.

This paper captures insights from a workshop with young people, all with lived experience in the out-of-home care system. It explores their perspectives on online privacy and aims to reflect their voices as authentically as possible. The briefing was shared with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to inform the development of the Children’s...

This paper presents insights from a youth workshop exploring online privacy, with a focus on transparency, geolocation tracking, targeted advertising, and educational technologies. It highlights key concerns and priorities voiced by young people to guide more inclusive and responsive privacy policy.

Truth in political advertising laws seek to protect the integrity of the electoral process from the growing threat of disinformation. This report argues in favour of expanding the laws, finding they are effective and especially appropriate in the Australian context of compulsory voting.