Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 20 April 2012:

(1) Has the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and/or the department examined the Secure Kids Chat platform; if so, what views have been formed of the platform.

(2) Has the ACMA and/or department met with the developers of this platform.

(3) Is the ACMA and/or department aware of a request by Secure Kids Chat for funding assistance; if so, what response has been given.

(4) What other funding programs or sources could Secure Kids Chat potentially access.

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) The ACMA and the department have not examined the Secure Kids Chat platform. However, the department has visited the Secure Kids Chat website to gain a preliminary understanding of the platform.

(2) No.

(3) Yes. On 14 March 2012, I responded to a representation from Mr Robert Oakeshott MP on behalf of Secure Kids Chat in which I said:

'At this stage, my department does not offer any grants that can assist Mr Gray and

Ms Redmond with their project. You can however direct them to GrantsLINK for a directory of all currently available Australian Government grants which is available at www.grantslink.gov.au'

(4) Please see response to question 3 above.