Public consultation
Consultation on the codes
The industry associations responsible for the codes conducted a robust public consultation process that reflected the requirements outlined in eSafety’s Development of Industry Codes under the Online Safety Act Position Paper.
Our two rounds of public consultation included:
Proactively emailing over 200 stakeholders in each of the categories identified in the Position Paper with draft codes and Explanatory Memorandum encouraging them to lodge a submission, as well as promoting both consultation periods to the general public via the media.
A virtual roundtable with expert stakeholders on key issues relating to the draft codes.
Commissioning Resolve Strategic to undertake consumer research on the general Australian public’s attitudes to issues relevant to the draft codes.
A virtual briefing to support expert engagement in the second round of consultation.
Input received from these efforts has been published on this page, including: submissions received (where permission has been given to publish), detailed submissions logs, the research report, and meeting summaries reflecting the discussion at both the expert roundtable and briefing sessions.
2023 Submissions
25 submissions from organisations and members of the public were received in the second round of consultation. Submissions where the submitter has granted permission to publish are available for download below.
2023 Submissions log
In 2023, industry associations ran a second round of public consultation on the revised codes, proactively contacting over 200 expert stakeholders and closely considering input from 25 submissions that informed updates to the draft codes.
Industry associations created a log that extracts the key feedback from each submission received (where the submitter has given permission to publish) with notes on how this feedback has been considered in the finalisation of the codes.
Expert briefing
2022 Consumer research
2022 Expert roundtable
On September 13, 2022, DIGI and Communications Alliance hosted an expert stakeholder roundtable, focused on key issues related to the codes. The roundtable was held under Chatham House Rules, and we have published a high level summary of the input received.
2022 Submission log
In 2022, industry associations ran a longer public consultation process to draft development, proactively contacting over 200 expert stakeholders and closely considering input from 88 submissions that informed updates to the draft codes.
Industry associations created a log that extracts the key feedback from each submission received (where the submitter has given permission to publish) with notes on how this feedback has been considered in the finalisation of the codes.
2022 Submissions
88 submissions from organisations and members of the public were received. Submissions where the submitter has permission to publish are available for download below.