It's straight out fascism, Malcolm. It's deceit at it's finest... trying to sell it as keeping kids safe... that's one to add to the big book of BS.

They can start taking blockers before that age buddy. But we can’t trust them on social media. My point is we need less government control and more parental control of our kids. How about lazy parents start to take responsibility for the kids they have brought into this world and stop relying on other to bring their kids up.

I moved my kids back here for a better life. I’m now looking abroad. The overreach of big government continues month by month. The apathy of the population really annoys me. I actually agree with the ban. My kids do not have any social media. But I did that. Not the government and I don’t agree with digital id for every one. I don’t agree with the increasing nanny state into every aspect of our lives.

It's big brother, ban them from social media so the schools indotrate them! No different view! Absolutely preposterous!

We are the parents of our children not the government, this is what parental controls are for, parents should be monitoring their children, Australian's are fed up with laws being changed under the guise of fear campaigns to erode our freedoms away, we need a government that manages the country, not our lives

Let’s all go back to the good old house phone and start communicating with our family friends and neigbors again

For the young Adults or kids who either are isolated this idea is non-inclusive! For the good parents of kids/disabilities who use Social Media as a tool to Connect them with the Community and inclusion, encouragement and self worth, we salute your efforts! Some ideas are just dumb!

100% correct on all fronts senator.

It’s ok for 16 year olds to identify as a cat or girls as boys but not ok for them to be on social media. Ok yea right doing it for their safety.

It's also worth mentioning that Michelle Rowlands staff will not answer any questions over the phone - only by email which they said takes at least 3 - 4 weeks, so no one can get any info before they try to ram their tyranny through. If people can't realise that Labor, Liberals and the Greens are dictators of the worst kind and all need to be voted out, then there really is no hope - especially if the Freedom parties don't form a coalition. They all need to put candidates up in each seat at the next election and preference each other, only having 1 freedom party candidate in each electorate isn't enough.

It's all about 24/7 total surveillance

This is government overreach AGAIN! There is no way they can hope to police this. Only law abiding people will comply and those who don't want to comply will find their way around it. The authorities already are unable to police the current under-age regulations in place so they have no hope of doing the same here. The stated aim is just sugarcoating to hide the real aim of greater government control and suppression of any opposition to their own agendas. Australia is fast becoming a communist/socialist country as bad, if not worse than that seen in countries such as China. If the lock downs weren't enough of an example of how easily the government can control Australians as it was. They can certainly do it again with the introduction of these new laws they are trying to push through. K

Just throw the phone use a phone box .

Just like their vaccine, they can jam this too where the sun don't shine

Never heard anything about a digital Id. Currently if you change you name to something silly facebook asks to upload your normal ID

Cameras on all the time will lead to some confronting images 😂🤣

That's such an invasion of privacy, will you have the option of turning cameras off or do we go back to dumb phones?

the Govt does not own our children !

can we make a bill into why there is zero accountability with politicians and they can do and say anything without prosecution " perhaps a bill into how so many of there bank accounts grow so rapidly" the Australian people want those bills"not communism and censorship"

But any person with a social media account more than 16 years old, cannot be under 16.

we need someone for our family here not deals going overseas to filth

Spot on on every point made Mal. I hate this bally gov. I wish they'd all move to China n leave us the fk alone. N Dutton with 'em. He can stick his nuclear where the sun don't shine too.

Young people will remember which parties tried to ban them

Our corrupt Govt just wants even more control… we are like the frog in the saucepan of water … slowly boiling to death🤦🏽‍♀️😵‍💫🤷🏽‍♀️😢🤬🤬🤬

Pretty certain we told them to stick the National ID card years ago. This is just the same donkey dressed a different colour.