Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, I think senators would be astounded to know that eSafety has been operating without funding certainty—thanks to decisions taken by those opposite. The fact is that eSafety has been relying on non-ongoing or terminating funding for years. This was a deliberate design feature of the former Liberal-National Party government's budget policy. Can you believe that eSafety's base funding of $10.3 million has never been increased since eSafety was established in 2015, and that's despite its widening powers every year? (Time expired)