Live: Gaming giants told to 'lift their game' on child safety

live Federal politics live: Gaming giants told to 'lift their game' on child safety The eSafety Commission says it has identified gaps in harmful content detection, repeat-offender prevention and information-sharing initiatives in some gaming platforms. Follow live. Follow all the updates in our live blog. Submit a comment or question Live updates New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Leeser calls on PM, minister to visit WA over child protection concerns Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister Julian Leeser has called for federal agencies to get involved in cases of unsupervised children in WA in state care. Up to 15 Aboriginal children, some as young as five, were living unsupervised in a state-owned home in South Hedland. Speaking to ABC Radio National Breakfast, Leeser says services across the state and federal government have failed to coordinate. He says there has been a failure of welfare checks, and has called on the PM and the federal Indigenous Australians minister to visit the area. "The state government now has set up a coordination committee. It doesn't include the federal agencies. I'd like to see the federal agencies involved as well. And I'd like to see the federal minister and the prime minister visit there too," Leeser says. Key Event Gaming giants told to 'lift their game' on child safety Australia's online safety watchdog has taken aim at some of the world's biggest gaming companies, telling them to step up their protections for children. After reviewing their submissions, the eSafety Commission found big differences in how Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft and Steam deal with serious harms including grooming, child exploitation, and violent extremist content. It identified gaps in harmful content detection, repeat-offender prevention, and information-sharing initiatives. Age checks remain a big issue, with both Fortnite and Minecraft largely relying on users to declare their ages, making it harder to apply age-based protections. Valve was singled out as the only platform not using hash-matching, a technology that helps to quickly detect and identify child sexual abuse material. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says while there's been some improvement to prevent serious harms, she expects services to "lift their game". "Australian children have a right to play online without being exposed to predators, sexual extortionists, violent extremist content or other harmful material," Inman Grant says. "Service providers should leverage systems that actually detect and disrupt serious harms before children are exposed to them." This is the first time a gaming audit has taken place under the Online Safety Act, with the proposed Digital Duty of Care bill shifting further emphasis to how platforms prevent harm. Good morning 👋 Hello and welcome to today's federal politics live blog! It's great to have you join us for the final day of the working week!! I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news. The eSafety commissioner has told gaming giants to lift their game and step up protections for children on their platforms. Let's get right into the day and see what happens! Loading