Senate Environment and Communications References Committee
27 October 2025
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Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Australian Parliament
10:46 - 13:06
Speaker 2
We will kick off then. I declare open this hearing of the environment communications references committee into the Internet search engine online safety code and the social media ban. I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land in which we meet and pay my respect to the elders past and present. I extend respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today. The committee will be conducting today's hearing via video conference and in person.
We have a bunch of senators here in the room today, which is fantastic, and our witnesses who have joined us, this morning, via the video stream. Of course, this is a public proceeding, and a video stream... The video is being streamed live by the Parliament House website, and a hand side transcript is being made. I remind all witnesses that in giving evidence to the committee that they are protected by parliamentary privilege, they're protected by parliamentary privilege, and it is unlawful for anyone to threaten or disadvantage a witness on account of evidence given to a committee, and such action may be treated by the senate as contempt. It is also contempt to give false or misleading evidence.
Witnesses have the right to request to be heard in camera. For witnesses joining to... Today's hearing from overseas, please note that while your evidence is protected by parliamentary privilege here in Australia, that that protection doesn't be, extend beyond Australia. If a witness objects to answering a question, they should state the ground upon which the objection is made, and the committee will determine whether it insists on an answer having regard for the ground on which it is claimed. The committee...
If the committee does insist on an answer, a witness may request the answer be given in camera. I remind senators of our obligations under the behavior code for Australian parliamentarians to treat witness... Witnesses with dignity, courtesy, fairness, and respect, And I remind committee members and witnesses, who are appearing via video conference, to have your mute buttons on when you're not speaking. I now welcome representatives from TikTok, Meta, and Snap Inc. And I understand that information on parliamentary privilege and the protection of witnesses and evidence giving, witnesses giving evidence to senate committees has been provided to you.
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