eSafety Commissioner

Statutory office, Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio. Part of Australian Communications and Media Authority.

When eSafety Commissioner appeared at Senate Estimates: 3 sessions in 3 hearings, 2 h 40 min at the table; mentioned 48 times.

Topics raised: Online safety, Artificial intelligence, Child safety, First Nations, Law reform, Public service staffing, Government IT systems, International law, Privacy, Orders for documents, Integrity, Workplace culture

Supplementary Budget Estimates 2026–27

• Environment and Communications 27 Oct 2026
  • 8:56:31 to 9:45:23 (49 min, high confidence)
    • Gambling Reform and BetStop Implementation
    • eSafety Commissioner on Online Harms
    • Tributes to Commissioner Inman Grant
    • Digital Duty of Care Legislation
    • Enforcing Takedown Requests for Offshore Online Content
    • Accreditation and Location of eSafety Research Personnel

  Mentioned 10 times during other sessions.

• Environment and Communications, part 2 27 Oct 2026
  • 0:00 to 2:06:29 (1 h 27 min, high confidence)
    • eSafety Social Media Compliance Reporting
    • Platform Investigations and Account Deactivations
    • Cyber Abuse Trends and Deepfakes
    • Digital Duty of Care and AI
    • Social Media Ban and Targeted Ads
• Community Affairs 29 Oct 2026

  Mentioned 1 times during other sessions.

Additional Estimates 2025–26

• Environment and Communications 10 Feb 2026
  • 1:24:53 to 1:49:08 (24 min, low confidence)
    • Media Reform and Digital Inclusion

  Mentioned 26 times during other sessions.

• Community Affairs 12 Feb 2026

  Mentioned 9 times during other sessions.

• Finance and Public Administration 10 Feb 2026

  Mentioned 2 times during other sessions.