eSafety Commissioner

Julie Inman Grant is Australia’s eSafety Commissioner. In this role, Julie leads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online.

The Commissioner’s career began at the US Congress in Washington, DC before joining Microsoft, where Julie spent 17 years in various corporate affairs roles. At Twitter, she set up the company’s policy & philanthropy programs across Australia, New Zealand & Southeast Asia and drove APAC-wide Government Relations for Adobe.

As Commissioner since January, 2017, Julie has overseen significant increases in the eSafety office’s budget, increased staffing levels and launched innovative programs such as the Safety by Design and Women in the Spotlight initiatives. Ms. Inman-Grant has established herself as a nimble and anticipatory regulator, establishing the innovative tech trends horizon scanning program in 2020. Julie and her team are currently focused on compliance and enforcement of world-first systemic codes and standards and implementing the social media age restriction bill through 2025.

Julie serves as a Senior Advisor to the Technology Policy Design Centre and is the current Chair of the Australian Digital Platforms Regulatory Forum (DP-REG). She served as co-founder and inaugural Chair of the Global Online Safety Regulators Network and is a long-serving Board Member of the WePROTECT Global Alliance. She also serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Digital Safety; represents Australia on the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Harassment & Abuse and serves on France’s Laboratory for Women’s Rights Online.

More information can be found at www.esafety.gov.au.