The Online Hate Prevention is regularly called upon by governments in Australia and overseas to advise on law reform matters related to online hate and extremism. We also make public policy recommendations in our major reports, some recommendations are for governments, some for industry, and some for other stakeholders.
A selection of our public policy and law reform engagements are below, this list is not complete.
Submissions to Government
- 2024 Online Hate Prevention Institute submission to the statutory review into the operation of the Online Safety Act 2021, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Government
- 2024 Australian IHRA Experts Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society
- 2024 Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society
- 2024 Online Hate Prevention Institute submission to the Attorney General Department’s Public Consultation on Doxxing and Privacy Reforms
- 2023 Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023 (Cth)
- 2023 Submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee of the Senate on the Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023 (Cth)
- 2023 Submission on Legislative ban of the Nazi salute, Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victorian Government
- 2022 Submission on Prohibition on Display of Nazi Symbols, Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victorian Government
- 2022 Submission on the National Anti-Racism Framework, Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Government
- 2021 Submission to the Inquiry into the Online Safety Bill 2021, Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Australian Parliament
- 2021 Submission to the Consultation on the Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development And Communications, Australian Government
- 2021 Submission to the Consultation on a Bill for a New Online Safety Act, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development And Communications, Australian Government
- 2021 Submission on Extremist Movements & Radicalism in Australia, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Australian Parliament
- 2020 Supplemental Submission, Online Vilification and Coronavirus, Inquiry Into Anti-vilification Protections, Legal and Social Issues Committee Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Victoria
- 2020 Submission to the Inquiry Into Anti-vilification Protections, Legal and Social Issues Committee Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Victoria
- 2020 Submission to the Consultation on a new Online Safety Act, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development And Communications, Australian Government
- 2018 Submission on the Human Rights and Technology: Issues Paper (2018), Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Government
- 2018 Briefing for the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government
- 2017 Cyber Racism, Personal Well-being and Community Resilience, Project Report and Recommendations to Vichealth, Victorian Government (a confidential report from the CRaCR research team which OHPI participated in)
- 2017 Cyber Racism, And Community Resilience: Project Report and Recommendations to Australian Human Rights Commission (a confidential report from the CRaCR research team which OHPI participated in)
- 2016 Submission to the Inquiry into the Freedom of Speech in Australia, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Australian Parliament
- 2016 Submission to the Inquiry into the 2016 Census, Senate Standing Committees on Economics, Australian Parliament
- 2014 Submission on the Discussion Paper on Enhancing Online Safety for Children, Department of Communications, Australian Government
- 2014 Submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the Proposed Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Australian Government
- 2013 Submission on the draft issues paper “Two freedoms: freedom of expression and freedom from racial vilification”, Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Government
- 2012 Submission to the Coalitions Review of Online Safety for Children, Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia
Appearances and Presentations on Public Policy
- 2024 Statutory review into the operation of the Online Safety Act 2021
- 2023 Testimony before the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism in the European Parliament
- 2023 Testimony to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee of the Australian Parliament on the Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill
- 2021 Testimony to the Select Committee on Social Media and Online Safety on the Australian Parliament
- 2020 Address to the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues
- 2020 Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities
- 2018 Real Time Crisis Communications, Victoria Police
- 2018 Empowering communities to help tackle incitement, Crime and Communities Conference
- 2018 Solving antisemitic hate speech in social media through a global approach to local action, An End to Antisemitism! Conference
- 2017 Testimony to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
- 2014 Interview with Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission for the Reporting Racism Report