Briefings And Communications Between The Office Of The Minister For Communications And The Age Assurance Technology Trial From 3 May 2025 To 18 August 2025.

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This disclosure contains a rescheduled meeting notice from July 2025 between the Minister for Communications' office and the Department regarding the Age Assurance Technology Trial, plus the final report from that trial submitted to Minister Wells in August 2025. The trial, commissioned by the Department to evaluate age assurance technologies, assessed 48 providers across verification, estimation, inference, parental controls and consent mechanisms. Testing included laboratory work, school-based field trials, mystery shopping, and academic validation with particular attention to bias and impacts on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The trial concluded that age assurance can be implemented in Australia with privacy preservation and no substantial technological limitations, though identified scope for improvement in usability, risk management and interoperability. The report provides regulators and industry with an evidence base for implementing age restriction laws online.