Did you Declare your Porn?

What?! As an American living in Australia I have flown in an out of Australian almost more times than I can count. That means filling out countless declaration forms and going through immigration. I must really NOT be reading the forms because apparently it asks you to declare any pornography you may or may not be bringing into the country. Don't tell Customs, but I was once told unless you are carrying an excessive amount of raw food, it's best to just tick NO to everything.

So that is what I do. But I can also honestly say I've never brought home any pornography on any of my trips. This article was very interesting, and quite enlightening. Evidently the Australian Sex Party has stood up for the rights of its members and petitioned to have the claim forms amended to read 'illegal pornography' instead of simply pornography. This act was meant to save innocent couples from revealing their romantic holiday photos.

Yet, even with the amendment, there are no provision stated as to what constitutes illegal porn versus allowed porn. Hmm...a very interesting article for the travel section I have to say, and I am a bit surprised to see it in the travel section. I don't even really know if this should count as news to be honest. Maybe it should just be press release on the Sex Parties website, not a top article in the Sydney Morning Herald Travel section. What a joke.

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/porn-laws-confuse-travellers-20101018-16qn6.html