Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

I congratulate the minister on the way she is handling this. Following on from the questions from the member for Murray—I know the subject of pornography in remote communities is sensitive—it was the Howard government’s intention to totally ban pay TV porn in these remote townships subject to the intervention. The current government’s legislation only bans it on the request of a community, under particular circumstances. I have heard the Prime Minister and the minister talk about the importance of getting the porn out of these places. I am not quite sure that the government appreciated that it was actually watering down the porn restriction with its legislation. So I ask the minister whether the government might be prepared to revert to the tougher measure that was introduced earlier.

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