It would lead to new promotions and boosted sales. Commenting after the party room revolt, the leader of the rural-based National Party, and Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson said, In a nutshell, the term non violent erotica has a sort of warm, cuddly almost romantic overtone. It s hard-core pornography. Country people believe you ought to call a spade a spade. This is porn.
Porn is porn.
Australian laws Under Australian federal and state laws, it is currently illegal for sexually explicit pornography, X rated by the film classification board, to be sold or rented in Australia s six states. But it is not illegal to possess X rated videos, and to obtain them by mail order from the national capital territory of Canberra where porn retailing is legal in industrial areas. Everywhere private viewing is legal but public screening is not. Senate committee About a month earlier, the Bill had been referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee by independent Senator, Brian Harradine. It was an attempt to delay the legislation that the Senator was opposing.