Port Phillip Deputy Mayor Tim Baxter has revealed he has been subjected to virulent online attacks after he blew the whistle on alleged transphobia of some Victorian Greens members.
The Andrews government has announced a two-year legislative overhaul, starting with the removal of offences and criminal penalties for consensual sex work.
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The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, told Guardian Australia she didn’t intend to use her powers under the legislation to go after consensual adult pornographic material online.
“My role as a regulator is to protect all Australians from online harm, it’s not to throttle the sex industry,” she said. “What happens between consenting adults is not my concern, as long as it’s not harming others.”
But she pointed out that hosting explicit adult sexual content is prohibited in Australia. Guardian Australia has also seen a notice sent by her office in January to adult websites requesting that content be removed for being R18+, X or refused classification.