Division Description Changes — Bills — Online Safety Bill 2021, Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; Second Reading — 22nd Jun 2021

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Title

  • Bills — Online Safety Bill 2021, Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021; Second Reading
  • Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Ordinary emotional reactions

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that opposition amendments on sheet 1319 be agreed to.</p>
  • <p class="italic"> <i>Opposition's circulated amendments&#8212;</i></p>
  • The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-06-22.284.1) introduced by the Australian Labor Party, which means they would now form part of the bill. The bill, as amended, now needs to return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide whether they agree to them.
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *(1) Clause 5, page 13 (lines 15 to 17), omit the definition of serious harm to a person's mental health, substitute:*
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  • > *serious harm to a person's mental health includes:*
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  • >> *(a) serious psychological harm; and*
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  • >> *(b) serious distress;*
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  • > *but does not include mere ordinary emotional reactions such as those of only distress, grief, fear or anger.*
  • ### What was the original definition?
  • The amendment replaces the following definition:
  • > *serious harm to a person’s mental health includes:*
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  • >> *(a) serious psychological harm; and*
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  • >> *(b) serious distress.*
  • That is, the original definition did not include the statement "*but does not include mere ordinary emotional reactions such as those of only distress, grief, fear or anger.*"
  • <p class="italic">(1) Clause 5, page 13 (lines 15 to 17), omit the definition of <i>serious harm to a person's mental health</i>, substitute:</p>
  • <p class="italic"><i>serious harm to a person's mental health </i>includes:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) serious psychological harm; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) serious distress;</p>
  • <p class="italic">but does not include mere ordinary emotional reactions such as those of only distress, grief, fear or anger.</p>