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Reddit, Inc. v Commonwealth of Australia & Anor

Case No. S166/2025
Case information

Catchwords

Constitutional law – special case – Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) Pt 4A – requirements in relation to providers of certain kinds of social media platform taking reasonable steps to prevent users under 16 years of age from having accounts – whether Pt 4A invalid wholly or in part because it impermissibly burdens the implied freedom of political communication.

Documents
12/12/2025 Application for Constitutional or other writ 
26/03/2026 Order of Gageler CJ
12/05/2026 Order of Gageler CJ
12/06/2026 Order of Gageler CJ
03/07/2026 Order of Gageler CJ
22/07/2026 Special Case (jointly with S163/2025)
29/07/2026
Order referring to Full Court (S166/2025) (645.39 KB)
28/08/2026
Written submissions (Plaintiff) (865.91 KB)
28/08/2026
Chronology (Plaintiff) (455.18 KB)
11/09/2026
Written submissions (Free Speech Union, seeking leave to be heard as amicus curiae) (562.03 KB)
11/09/2026
Written submissions (NetChoice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, seeking leave to be heard as amici curiae) (548.19 KB)
25/09/2026
Written submissions (Defendants) (620.88 KB)
09/10/2026 Written submissions (interveners in support of Defendants)
16/10/2026 Reply