Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Childlike Sex Dolls Childlike Sex Dolls The Hon. C. BONAROS Legislative Council Childlike Sex Dolls The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:10): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Deputy Premier a question about sex dolls. Leave granted. The Hon. C. BONAROS Legislative Council The Hon. C. BONAROS: Last sitting week, I asked the Deputy Premier some questions in relation to childlike sex dolls being sold in parts to get around laws criminalising them under our child exploitation laws in this state. It has since been reported that online retailers are selling adult sex dolls that are programmed to mimic women being raped; that is, they have inbuilt modes of resistance and an unwillingness to have sex. The life-size rubber dolls mimic lifelike movements, as I have described previously, and are said to be made so that men can live out their rape fantasies against women. Concerns have quite rightly been raised in response to this issue, particularly as it relates to normalising the act of rape against women and desensitising acts of violence and degradation. My question to the Deputy Premier is: will he undertake a review of our current laws with a view to considering criminalising the sale of these sorts of products in South Australia? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Deputy Premier Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Deputy Premier, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:11): I thank the honourable member for her question and for bringing regularly these sorts of issues to the chamber. I am happy to go away and ask for advice on the matter. As technology changes and as we see new and, quite frankly, often very, very disturbing developments, we need to look at how we respond in ways that we can, both by legislation and for law enforcement in the techniques that they use. I thank the honourable member for raising the issue, and I will get some advice on it.