Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I will put some questions firstly to Senator Scullion in relation to this, and then the minister may wish to comment. I want to get some clarity in relation to this particular amendment. As I understand the status quo, X-rated material is banned in communities; there is no debate about that. As I understand it—and I seek clarification from Senator Scullion—the coalition introduced a bill last year, before the election, that would have banned R+ material such as that coming in through cable TV, and the difference in approach between the government and the coalition in relation to this is that the government’s approach is only to ban such R+ material after requests from members of the community. So we are not actually drawing back from the current bans on pornography in these communities; it is simply a question of the extent to which you extend that ban. I want to make sure that there is absolute clarity in relation to that.