The Broadcasting Authority may issue 'take down' notices to content providers and fine heavily if these are not met. It is already illegal to possess such material as child pornography, snuff films, etc, therefore illegal servers with this and like material can already be prosecuted and dealt with. Australia will have Internet censorship laws more draconian than Malaysia or Singapore. This completely makes any such websites only within the purview of Corporations and others with budgets large enough to ensure the technical mechanisms to afford these verification systems, e.g. credit card systems. Regulation removes or overwhelms the capabilities of smaller operators and others not interested in commercial avenues of expression.
Legal obligation is placed upon upstream providers.
Mailing lists and newsgroups are also included in regulated expression. User-controlled blocking or monitoring software for concerned parents is not considered. We are registering our entire domain space with some leading blocking software rating companies as containing all of their worst-possible content scenarios. No possibility is excluded. We seek your help and input in carrying out our plans.