[sturadnidge]

The government is being deliberately non-prescriptive about that, as they are about what qualifies as 'social media' (statement of fact - no comment on the approach itself). Ideally the legislation is accompanied by a government digital service that allows 3rd parties to verify age _without_ divulging full identity, but I don't see that side of things being discussed anywhere down here :(

[threeseed]

They seem pretty clear [1] about what social media is:

Social networks, public media sharing networks, discussion forums, consumer review networks.

[1] https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/Phase...

[bigfatkitten]

They haven't got the competence to implement it even if they wanted to.