Second Reading Speeches

Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017

Type
Government
Portfolio
Communications
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
45

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Summary

Amends the

Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act 2015
to: amend the short title of the Act to the
Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015
; change the title of the Children’s e-Safety Commissioner to the e-Safety Commissioner; expand the role and function of the commissioner to cover Australians more generally rather than only Australian children; permit the commissioner to disclose a broader class of information to specified Commonwealth authorities; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to five other Acts.

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