Australian Border Officials Check Honeymooners for Porn

A travel tip for tourists to Australia: Delete any racy honeymoon photographs from your phone or computer.

Under a new law, the Australian government is demanding visitors Down Under declare to border officials any "illegal" pornography they are bringing into the country.

But the move has confused travelers to such an extent that airport arrival cards have had to be reworded.

Afraid of breaking the law, an Australian couple returning home from an overseas honeymoon felt obliged to show customs officials naked photos of themselves.

"[The couple were] on the beach, they were nude, they'd taken a photo of themselves on their iPhone having an embrace," said Robbie Swan, spokesman for the Australian Sex Party. "It wasn't full on or anything, but when they'd gone through customs they'd asked what 'pornography' meant and the customs officer had said: 'Well, anything explicit.' "

"They were made to display a nude photo of themselves in a line with all these other people," Swan said. "They were so embarrassed."

The Sex Party, a libertarian political organization and lobby group, says it has received complaints from angry citizens over the law, which was introduced late last year.

The government has told travelers to show their photographs to customs officers if they are in doubt about the content. ...

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