Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Is the minister aware of comments made by Carol Ronken from Bravehearts on the Rodney Peter Smith pornography case? She said:

… offenders are not being held accountable for their actions.

She also said:

The message that seems to be coming out is that these [offences] are not being treated seriously.

Will the Rudd government now admit that there is an urgent need not only to toughen the federal penalties but also to have minimum jail sentences for such horrendous cases of child pornography? Will the government set out a detailed time line of when it will implement minimum jail sentences for such horrendous cases of child pornography?