Apple's Executive Chairman Tim Cook has met with Australia's head of government Anthony Albanese, to discuss Apple's commitment to the nation and the company's recent initiative to introduce additional child safety features to it's software.
Cook posted a photo of himself with the Australian Prime Minister at Apple Park on Saturday, expressing gratitude for Apple's teams in Australia:
It was great to welcome @AlboMP to Apple Park this morning to talk about the incredible work of our teams and our longstanding commitment to Australia. I was grateful to share some of our newest innovations, including strong and intuitive controls to help keep kids safe online.
The discussion was private, so there is no specific details as to what the pair spoke about. However, Albanese said in a social media post that everyone has a "responsibility to make the online world safer" for children, and that they discussed what they were "doing to protect children from online harm."
Online safety for children has become a major topic of the Australian Government's in recent years, with the nation implementing a world-first social media ban for under-16s that came into force in December last year. This included platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
Apple has also taken further steps to protect children online, unveiling a suite of new parental controls and Screen Time updates at WWDC26 in June. This includes a streamlined setup assistant for Child Accounts, Time Allowances and Ask to Browse when visiting new and unknown websites.
These features debuted as part of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate last week.
The meeting comes as Apple and other big tech companies face growing attention from governments worldwide over children’s online safety, age verification, and parental controls.
This was also Tim Cook's new role in action, following his transition out of the CEO role. Cook now handles government affairs, whilst new CEO John Ternus focuses on the products and services Apple provides.
Image: Tim Cook's X Post
