Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 [Provisions]

REPORT - August 2024

List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.193The committee recommends that the Attorney-General reviews the threshold outlined in proposed subsection 474.17AA(1) after two years of the Bill’s operation.

Recommendation 2

2.200The committee recommends that the Attorney-General continues work already underway via the Standing Council of Attorneys-General in relation to development of harmonised offences across Australian jurisdictions for the:

non-consensual creation of sexual material; and

threat to non-consensual creation and/or distribution of sexual material that does not use a carriage service.

Recommendation 3

2.207The committee notes the work of Education Ministers to implement version 9 of the Australian Curriculum and the work of schooling systems to implement age and developmentally appropriate programs on consent and online safety within the context of respectful relationships. The committee recommends the Education Ministers Meeting continues to progress their work to strengthen respectful relationships in schools.

Recommendation 4

2.208Subject to the preceding recommendations, the committee recommends that the Senate urgently passes the Bill.

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