Relationships Australia recognises the indivisibility and universality of human rights and the inherent and equal freedom and dignity of all. [...] ‘Rape myths’ are prevalent and persistent and interact with misogynistic views and behaviour that circulate widely online, as well as in the offline world.17 This form of abuse is often gendered in terms of who are more likely to be perpetrators and who are more likely to be victim survivors.18 Exacerbating the harm of offline ‘rape myths’ has been a tendency in the community, in the media and amo. [...] Because of the potentially individualised nature of image based abuse as a form of coercive control, Relationships Australia recommends that the Government monitor interpretation, by law enforcement, the Director of Public Prosecution, and the courts, of the exceptions described in paragraph 474.17A(3)(d). [...] In its 2019 report on Australia’s family law system, the ALRC again identified issues arising from fragmentation of protective orders made in the context of family violence.46 In 2022, and in the context of the ACT’s DFV system, Easteal et al wrote that the complexities and inadequacies of the dynamic between the ACT’s FV legislation and the federal family law system emerged in our research as a k. [...] The proliferation of image-based abuse is occurring in the context of exponential increases in the technological capability, the democratisation of that capability,63 and surges in misogynistic, racist, ageist and ableist sentiments, which exist in a continuous and self-reinforcing loop.
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Table of Contents
- Mode of delivery 1
- Online Safety Act 2021 1
- Recommendations 1
- Recommendation 1 1
- Recommendation 2 1
- Recommendation 3 2
- Recommendation 4 2
- Recommendation 5 2
- Recommendation 6 2
- Recommendation 7 2
- Recommendation 8 2
- Recommendation 9 2
- Recommendation 10 2
- Online Safety Act 2021 2
- Recommendation 11 2
- Recommendation 12 2
- Recommendation 13 2
- Recommendation 14 2
- Recommendation 15 3
- Recommendation 16 3
- Recommendation 17 3
- Recommendation 18 3
- Recommendation 19 3
- Recommendation 20 4
- The work of Relationships Australia 4
- Relationship Indicators 5
- Online Safety Act 2021 6
- Framing Principles for this submission 6
- Principle 1 - Commitment to human rights 6
- Principle 2 Accessible and inclusive public institutions regulation and service delivery 6
- Principle 3 - Cultural safety and responsiveness 6
- Principle 4 - Accessible legal and regulatory frameworks 7
- Principle 5 - Geographic equity 7
- Principle 6 - Fragmentation and siloing 7
- Principle 7 - Commitment to promoting social connection and addressing loneliness as a serious public health risk 8
- Comments on the Bill and its context 8
- Image-based abuse as a form of sexual violence 8
- Recommendation 1 9
- Recommendation 2 10
- Image-based abuse as a form of coercive control in DFV 10
- Recommendation 3 10
- Harms caused by image-based abuse 10
- Recommendation 4 11
- Perpetrators children 11
- Recommendation 5 12
- Recommendation 6 12
- Perpetrators current or former intimate partners 12
- Perpetrators for profit 13
- Online Safety Act 2021 14
- Recommendation 7 14
- Menace harass or cause offence threats without transmission 14
- Recommendation 8 14
- Consent 14
- Recommendation 9 15
- Material that depicts breasts paragraph 474.17A1c 15
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984 15
- Online Safety Act 2021 15
- Recommendation 10 15
- Genuine medical or scientific purpose the exception in proposed paragraph 474.17A1c 15
- Clinical images and the use of personal mobile devices 16
- Recommendation 11 16
- Information sharing between Australian Governments and among government agencies 16
- Recommendation 12 17
- Support for victim survivors 17
- Recommendation 13 17
- Research programmes 17
- Recommendation 14 18
- Recommendation 15 19
- Online Safety Act 2021 Cth 19
- Recommendation 16 19
- Informed and aware communities and services 19
- Recommendation 17 19
- Recommendation 18 19
- Recommendation 19 20
- Resourcing 20
- Recommendation 20 20
- Conclusion 20
- References 22
