Crimes Amendment (Intimate Image and Audio Material) Bill 2025

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to provide for offences for non-consensual distribution of digitally generated intimate image material; to provide for offences for non-consensual recording and distribution of sexually explicit audio material; to create new offences for the alteration of images and audio to be intimate image and audio material; and to provide for offences relating to the production of wholly digitally generated sexually explicit intimate image and audio material.

Key details

Type:
Government
Origin:
Legislative Assembly
Status:
Assented on Tue 23 September 2025
Member with carriage:
Mr Michael Daley (The Hon. Daniel Mookhey)
Gazette publication:
Government Gazette No. 405, 03/10/2025, NSWGovernment Gazette-2025-405-7
Act number:
57 of 2025

Documents

Statements of public interest tabled in the Legislative Council can be found under 'Bill Attachments'.

Hansard

Hansard includes speeches and debates on the Bill in both Houses.

Second reading speeches

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Amendments

Members can lodge amendments to Bills that are considered in their House. If a House is not listed, no amendments were lodged by members in that House. Amendments that are agreed to in one House are sent to the other House for agreement.

Progress

The tables below show the progress of the Bill through both Houses, including information on assent. If a House is not listed, the Bill did not pass the originating House.

Legislative Assembly

Initially introduced in the Legislative Assembly

Introduced by Mr Michael Daley
Notice of Motion Thu 07 August 2025
Introduced Thu 07 August 2025
First Reading Thu 07 August 2025
2R Speech Thu 07 August 2025
Second Reading Wed 17 September 2025
Considered in Detail Wed 17 September 2025
Third Reading Wed 17 September 2025
Passed with amdts Wed 17 September 2025
Legislative Council
Introduced by The Hon. Mark Buttigieg
Introduced Wed 17 September 2025
First Reading Wed 17 September 2025
2R Speech Thu 18 September 2025
Second Reading Thu 18 September 2025
Third Reading Thu 18 September 2025
Date Passed LC Thu 18 September 2025
Returned to LA Thu 18 September 2025
Assent information
Passed parliament Thu 18 September 2025
LC sent to governor Tue 14 October 2025
Assented Tue 23 September 2025

Legislation review digest

See Legislation Review Digest No. 34 of 58 for an examination of this Bill by the Legislation Review Committee.

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