NSW Ban on Creating or Sharing Deepfake Intimate Images, Audio and Text in NSW

Crimes Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2025

Opposition Bill

8 Aug 2025: This bill has lapsed and is no longer under discussion.

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

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artificial intelligence deepfakes digital harassment intimate images online safety sexual content

Introduced by: Felicity Wilson MP (LIB)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Official page: bill text and explanatory notes

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Up to 3 Years Jail for producing and/or distributing deepfakes
deepfakes are defined as including audio that falsely depicts someone in a sexual context
under the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), producing sexually explicit images or audio of real individuals without their consent, even if the content was generated entirely by AI, is now illegal

News articles and press releases

Crimes Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2025

Ms FELICITY WILSON, Member for North Shore — 2025-08-08

The bill makes a range of amendments to the Crimes Act 1900 which add to the reforms made through the Crimes Amendment (Intimate Images) Act 2017. The effect of the bill is to ensure that the protections for victim‑survivors—and the penalties for perpetrators—for genuine intimate images will now also cover images, audio or text that have been generated or altered. The bill will ensure that the use, distribution or threat to distribute real intimate images and sexually explicit deepfake images, text and audio will be punishable by a maximum sentence of three years in jail and an $11,000 fine. The court’s take-down powers will also apply to sexually explicit deepfakes so that it can order offenders to take reasonable steps to destroy these images and help prevent intimate images being republished.