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AU-R-00004-3

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Legal name: eSafety Commissioner
Country: Australia
Type: Regulator
Founded: 2015
Head: Julie Inman Grant (eSafety Commissioner; per 2022-23 annual report)
Claim: Not claimed by the organisation
Last verified: 14 August 2026

1 of 5 layers verified

Origin Partly verified
Control Not yet verified
Money Not yet verified
Channels Verified
Networks Nothing disclosed

Transparency

Partial

5 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.

Legal name on record, not yet checked
Who leads it on record, not yet checked
How it is funded on record, not yet checked
Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
Public contact address not disclosed
Official websites and accounts verified

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Origin

Partly verified

Brand names Pending check: eSafety
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
Children's eSafety Commissioner (former name)
Registration number Pending check: (Independent statutory office holder under the Online Safety Act 2021; first established in 2015 as the Children's eSafety Commissioner)
Registered address: Not disclosed
Public contact email: Not disclosed

2 sources

Who stands behind it?

Control

Not yet verified

Owner or founding authority Pending check: Owner Holding Owner type
Commonwealth of Australia (Minister for Communications) Direct State or public body
State or public-body ownership Pending check: Fully state-owned
Answers to Pending check: Minister for Communications (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio); staff provided by the ACMA

Owner	Holding	Owner type
Commonwealth of Australia (Minister for Communications)	Direct	State or public body

2 sources

Who pays?

Money

Not yet verified

How it is funded Pending check: Source Share of revenue
State budget Over 50%
Budget and funding bodies Pending check: Funder Type Note
Australian Government (ACMA Program 1.3 Office of the eSafety Commissioner, PAES 2025-26) Government or public body AUD 70.301m total program expenses 2025-26 (revised), incl. Online Safety Special Account receipts AUD 59.386m

Source	Share of revenue
State budget	Over 50%

Funder	Type	Note
Australian Government (ACMA Program 1.3 Office of the eSafety Commissioner, PAES 2025-26)	Government or public body	AUD 70.301m total program expenses 2025-26 (revised), incl. Online Safety Special Account receipts AUD 59.386m

1 source

ACMA Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2025-26 (resource statement as at February 2026), read 2026-10-20 (total departmental annual appropriations AUD 248.453m of AUD 251.437m departmental resourcing; own-source income AUD 1.048m; Online Safety Special Account receipts AUD 62.488m; Program 1.3 Office of the eSafety Commissioner AUD 70.301m)

Where does it appear?

Channels

Verified

Official websites Verified: esafety.gov.au
Official social accounts: Not disclosed

1 source

ACMA and eSafety Commissioner annual report 2024-25 (eSafety-hosted copy), read 2026-10-20 (ACMA statutory authority under the ACMA Act 2005; Minister for Communications Hon Anika Wells MP at 30 June 2025; Chair and Agency Head Nerida O'Loughlin PSM; Deputy Chair Adam Suckling; Canberra office Level 3, 40 Cameron Avenue, Belconnen ACT, PO Box 78 Belconnen ACT 2616; info@acma.gov.au; websites acma.gov.au and esafety.gov.au; ACMA makes staff available to the eSafety Commissioner, 222 of 684 staff)

Who is connected?

Networks

Nothing disclosed

Agencies and funds under it: Not disclosed
Public-office or party roles of board members: Not disclosed

Change history

Version	Date	What changed
2	20 October 2026	Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels)
1	13 October 2026	First published

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