New legislation will lift the maximum fine to $68 million for systemic breaches of the regulation and arm the eSafety online watchdog with greater powers.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says one key focus would be making sure that the eSafety Commission, the country's internet regulator, was sufficiently empowered to do the job

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner will now issue fines if Google and other search engines don’t do enough to identify child users and filter out nudity, violence.

Regulator to gain more powers to boost enforcement, PM announces