Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Bills

Enhancing Online Safety (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2017; In Committee

10:13 am

Photo of Jordon Steele-JohnJordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens do not support this amendment, as it seeks to prohibit the posting of an intimate image or threatening to post one only if the victim is an Australian resident and to remove the requirement for the perpetrator to be an Australian resident. There are obviously practical limits to the reach of the eSafety Commissioner, and it cannot be within their remit to police the entire internet, across all continents. But such a blunt instrument is unwise in this space.

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