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NSW parly porn scandal won't go to police

Almost half of top sites viewed at NSW parliament adult-related

An audit that found NSW parliament computers had been used to access websites containing sexually explicit images of young people will not be referred to police.

The IT audit by Ernst & Young, made public on December 2, suggested children may have been depicted on the nine adult websites accessed from November last year to September 2010.

The websites contained sexually explicit images of young people "whose precise age is reportedly difficult to determine", leading Speaker Richard Torbay to seek legal advice.

On Thursday, Mr Torbay and upper house president Amanda Fazio said they had received advice that there was "no legal obligation to refer the information in the report to the NSW Police Force".

"The Parliament considers that this concludes the matter," they said in a statement.

The Ernst & Young audit found that of the 72 most popular sites accessed on parliamentary computers over 10 months, 35 appeared to be adult-related.

The audit was commissioned in the wake of the internet porn revelations which caused the resignation of ports minister Paul McLeay in September.

The Ernst & Young investigation was sparked by an unauthorised audit of computer usage in the parliament, which revealed gambling and adult sites had been accessed in some MPs' offices.

Mr McLeay stood down before the details of that first audit were made public.

It was also revealed the office of Christian Democratic MP Fred Nile had recorded 200,000 suspect hits, which the anti-pornography campaigner defended as "for research purposes".

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songbird Connal

Fri 17/12/2010 - 02:03

Ah at it great 'where's the JUSTICE gone hey? If it were one of the prolaterate (that's us the cake eaters ) committed this darstardly crime, coppers would come from every where cease our computers, shame us, then lock us up and throw the key away. But let it be a government paper shuffler, or a cop and NO -ONE wants to know about IT! Above the LAW they are! Peruse all the pitiful abused nude children while pretending to work guys! (we do pay their wages with our taxes) !

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