Australian politics live: inflation expected to rise to 4.2%; eSafety head’s warning about women in senior roles

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said she and her family had been subjected to an onslaught of online abuse and threats in the 10 years she has been in the role. In her final appearance before Senate estimates last night, Inman Grant it was a “sensitive and pivotal moment” for the parliament in the wake of the alleged attack on Helen Haines, and the environment was “dangerously febrile for women in senior government roles.”When public officials are used for political point scoring, a target goes on our backs and we are subjected to an onslaught of online abuse and threats.

As many of you know, this has been the normal state of affairs for me and my family for years, yet somehow this is meant to be accepted as part of public service. Social media is no longer the once envisioned digital…