Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the government: it is unnecessary to include provisions to expressly exclude a VPN from the scope of the bill. The amendments are not intended to apply to VPNs that are promoted and used for legitimate purposes. VPNs have a wide range of legitimate purposes, and have no oversight, control or influence over their customers' activities. A VPN site with a legitimate purpose would not be blocked, as it does not have a primary purpose of infringing or facilitating infringement of copyright. The bill does not require clarity on the definition of sites that could be targeted, because a legitimate site of any nature would not pass the primary purpose test. Accordingly, we oppose this amendment.