Duty Check

This is a Bill, not law. Last updated 14 November 2026. Latest status

Does the Digital Duty of Care apply to your website?

Six questions, about two minutes. See whether your site is likely to be in scope of Australia's proposed online safety law, which features raise its risk, and what the Bill would ask of you.

1. Where is your business online?
2. What can visitors do on it?

Tick everything that applies.

3. Are children likely to use it?
4. Does it carry adult or age-restricted content?
5. Who looks after the site day to day?

This does not change whether the Bill applies. It helps show who is likely to be responsible.

6. Do you host or manage websites for other businesses?

What is the Digital Duty of Care?

It is a proposed Australian law that would require anyone responsible for an online service, including many ordinary small business websites, to take appropriate action to keep users safe and to keep a written risk assessment. The Bill has no exemption based on business size.