Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025

This Act is the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

A notification made under this section may specify that different provisions of the Schedule come into operation on different dates.

This Act is the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

A notification made under this section may specify that different provisions of the Schedule come into operation on different dates.

The purposes of this Act are —

to provide persons affected by online harmful activity with —

timely means of redress; and

statutory rights of action and remedies in court proceedings;

to improve and promote online safety for persons;

to deter and prevent online harmful activity and mitigate harm caused to persons by such activity; and

to promote accountability and responsible and reasonable conduct among participants and stakeholders in the online environment.