Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, , 9:18:37 to 9:20:01
Members of the committee and the Minister pay tribute to Julie Inman Grant for her service as Australia's first eSafety Commissioner and her work in digital safety and holding big tech companies accountable.
Topics: Workplace culture, Integrity
Speakers: Senator Nita Green, Senator Varun Ghosh
Thank you. Um it will still be an hour. Given that there are currently three senators in the room with questions. I appreciate we might not get them done, but what I'm proposing to do is give everyone a 10-minute block and then we'll break for dinner. So I'm going to be strict on that 10-minute block and then we'll go to dinner and then we'll see who has questions after dinner after that.
So I'm going to go to uh yes, I wanted to make a brief statement on behalf of the government, given it's the last estimates for the commissioner. I'll do that very quickly given the time. Um just on behalf of the government, I did want to say um uh thank you to the commissioner. As Australia's very first e-safety commissioner, Ms. Grant has been at the forefront of world-leading reforms to improve the safety of Australians. She has been steadfast in holding big tech to account and helped set Australia up as a global leader. I also want to personally thank her for the role that she has played, highlighting the impact that online abuse has on women, particularly women in the public eye. Ironically, I acknowledge that in executing her role, she has been subject to this same online abuse. She departs her role during a time in our country that deal illustrates just how important her role actually is to the Australian way of life. We thank her for her long service to the Australian people. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Minister, Senator Henderson.