Hon. Anthony Albanese MP - Press Conference
8 September 2026
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File Footage Australian Parliament
02:27 - 04:40
Speaker 1
Well, thank you. We're here today to talk about empowerment and choice. And I'm joined by Tess Fuller from Teachers Consent, from Sarah Davies from the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, by Lucy Thomas from Project Rockit, Jim Hungerford from the Butterfly Foundation, Jason Trethowan from Headspace, Vicky Ryall from Headspace, Wayne Holdsworth, who was Mac's father, from Smacktalk, Emma Mason, who is very familiar to many of you, Tilly's mum, who has been one of the spearheads of the Let Them Be Kids campaign, Mia Bannister, also from Let Them Be Kids, Angela Burroughs from the AEU with Simon Vaughan and Stephanie Burns, a local teacher. I do want to welcome all of our guests here as well as of course the Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, and the Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth. And I think the organisations which are here represent how this change is coming about.
What we know is that the world is changing. And more and more people are engaged with things online.
The impact of new technology is impacting the way that we live our life. It's having an impact on people both desirable and undesirable. And my government is determined to make sure that people are in control. And that is what today is all about. But I do want to give credit to the organisations who are represented here because this is an example of change from the bottom up.
My government listening and acting. Last year Australia took world-leading action by banning children under the age of 16 from having social media accounts. Today in the Parliament we're taking those laws further to ensure that they work as they intended. We took action because the community said enough was enough. And we would no longer let Australian kids be treated as commodities instead of children.
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