Responsibility for censorship in Australia is divided between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories. As a result, the regulatory system is complex, but in simple terms the States, Territories and Federal government have agreed to establish a co-operative national classification scheme. Under this scheme, films, publications and computer games can be ''refused classification". Depictions of "Fetishes such as body piercing, application of substances such as candle wax, 'golden showers', bondage, spanking or fisting" will be refused classification.
With respect to the internet, if