The Abbott government has confirmed it's going to introduce
a invoice on Monday to make it a federal offence to distribute, or threaten to
distribute, intimate and pornographic photos or films with out consent.
the rush to criminalise ‘revenge porn’ follows the case of
over 500 Adelaide ladies who had intimate photographs posted on a US website, inclusive
of AFL exceptional Graham Cornes’ 21-year-antique daughter Amy.
Victorian MP Tim Watts and Queensland MP Terri Butler have
prepared a personal individuals’ invoice. The proposed laws could apply to
photos or movie clips posted on websites, or distributed through SMS, e mail
and social media. all and sundry who partakes in revenge porn will be liable
for up to 3 years in jail, even as folks that run web sites or different
digital systems could withstand five years in jail.
presently, no federal laws exist in Australia to prevent the
e-book or distribution of personal sexual imagery with out the consent of 1 or
more of the parties concerned.
Minister assisting the high Minister for women Michaelia
cash informed journalists remaining week the government turned into looking to
crack down on revenge porn. “You’re in an intimate dating, you are taking some
photographs, they’re not meant for every body else. You leave the relationship
and those images are being used to
blackmail you,” Ms coins stated.
“We want to make certain that we've adequate prison
protections in relation to what certainly is a brand new kind of abuse and this
is technological abuse.
“this is one of the key deliverables that Coag has been
tasked with to deliver on by the end of the year,” she added.
The Advisory Panel on decreasing Violence in opposition to
women — chaired via former Victorian police leader Mr Ken Lay and Australian of
the 12 months Ms Rosie Batty, will record back to Coag via the stop of 2015.
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