Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Reid, who has a longstanding personal and professional interest in this as a psychologist with very advanced qualifications and of course as a mum. All of us on this side of the House—and, I'd suggest, in the entire chamber—are very concerned about online safety. The Morrison government has been at the forefront of delivering measures designed to give people the protection of the rule of law online, just as they have it offline. We cannot accept a situation in which social media is a place where cowards use the shield of anonymity to bully, harass and ruin lives.

That's why we have now announced the next stage, building on measures that the government has already delivered, like the world's first eSafety Commissioner and legislation to deal with abhorrent violent material online.

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