A deal between Labor and the Coalition led to a significant change to the law just days before it was introduced to parliament. Now, there's a growing sense the government might bring it back.
This missing key provision — called the “exemption framework” — had been previously described publicly by the government itself as being crucial to making sure that the law would “protect, not isolate, young people”. The exemption offered tech companies a way out of the ban if they were able to prove that their apps weren’t risky for teens to use.
