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On 13 July 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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I expect this article's title to change as more details emerge. Perhaps in a few weeks it should eventually be moved to the name of the Australian Parliament bill, once the bill is introduced and properly named, similar to an article like Online News Act. –Novem Linguae (talk) 09:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should probably be retitled to Online Safety Act 2021, which is the act it amends. Some additional text can be incorporated around the original act. I T B F 📢 12:37, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

This has been covered in RS since at least June. It is on the front page of apnews.com today. And is going to get a huge flurry of coverage in a few weeks once the bill is properly presented in Parliament. This meets WP:SUSTAINED. –Novem Linguae (talk) 09:15, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 July 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus shows the current title is WP:CONCISE as well as the WP:COMMONNAME. (non-admin closure) Turtletennisfogwheat (talk) 13:48, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Online Safety Amendment → Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 – This is the actual name of the topic

A) new sources use the phrase "(Social Media Minimum Age) Act" when referring to the law, B) other articles on australian laws use the year e.g. Clean Energy Act 2011 Landpin (talk) 13:25, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for now, per WP:CONCISE and per WP:COMMONNAME. A google search in quotes for "Online Safety Amendment" gets 28,000 results, and a google search in quotes for "social media minimum age act" only gets 3,000 results. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:51, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7166 (Crimes and Online Safety Legislation Amendment (Combatting Online Notoriety) Bill 2024)

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7001 (Online Safety Amendment (Breaking Online Notoriety) Bill 2023)

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7286 (Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024)

That quite possibly gets contaminated because of discussion other legislation (although not passed in these cases). Landpin (talk) 14:55, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per WP:CONCISE, the full name does not have to be included as Wikipedia is not a government directory. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 15:20, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7166 (Crimes and Online Safety Legislation Amendment (Combatting Online Notoriety) Bill 2024)
- https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7001 (Online Safety Amendment (Breaking Online Notoriety) Bill 2023)
- https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7286 (Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024)
That quite possibly gets contaminated because of discussion other legislation (although not passed in these cases).

There have been multiple several legislation which the article title could be referring to, so it is a poor choice of name. Landpin (talk) 15:23, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.