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Australia's online-safety chief acknowledges attending secretive tech retreat

By James Panichi ( January 31, 2025, 06:40 GMT | Insight) -- Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s top online-safety official, has formally acknowledged her attendance at a tech-policy and strategy retreat, a month after MLex first revealed she had attended the secretive, all-expenses paid event in August 2024, and two days after MLex questioned the agency’s failure to update its gifts register. The eSafety Commissioner said she had attended the multi-day retreat, valued at $3,222, which had been funded by mining billionaire and anti-tech campaigner Andrew Forrest. She also declared receiving hospitality from the Big Tech-funded “Partnerships on AI.”Australia’s top online-safety official has formally acknowledged her attendance at a tech-policy and strategy retreat, a month after MLex first revealed she had attended the secretive, all-expenses paid event in August 2024, and two days after MLex questioned the agency’s failure to update its gifts register....

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