Activity details
Develop a pilot of age assurance technologies to protect children from harmful online content.
Implementation progress update
The Australian Government provided $6.5 million in the 2024‑25 budget to fund the development of a trial. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA) progressed the various elements of the trial, which included establishing a Cross-Government Working Group, procurements on consumer research and the technology assessment.
DITRDCA also coordinated a series of stakeholder roundtables, which include youth, parents and community organisations.
The trial assessed more than 60 technologies from 48 age assurance vendors, and spanned a range of approaches including age verification, age estimation, age inference.
The trial concluded that age assurance can be done in Australia and there are no substantial technical barriers to implementation.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.