A new Children’s E-Safety Commissioner role is set to be created by the Abbott government in its fight against online abuse.

The commissioner will have the power to order social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook to remove content deemed damaging to young people, and to potentially issue fines should they not comply.

The role is also aimed at educating the public about online abuse and cyber-bullying, Fairfax Media reports .

"The Abbott government is delivering on its election promise to enhance online safety for children and we are working to have legislation ready to introduce into Parliament by the end of the year," Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.

Mr Turnbull said the position would be hopefully be created by the end of the year.

Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Paul Fletcher said individuals still had the right to complain to police about cyber-bullying and he expects social media sites to comply with government requests to have offensive posts removed.

"This is about getting informal and rapid action to get content taken down," he said.