Citation

Pirkis J. Psychiatr. Danub. 2006; 18(Suppl 1): 96.

Affiliation

Program Evaluation Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. j.pirkis@unimelb.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Facultas Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis - Danube Symposion of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16964030

Abstract

In Australia, the Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Act 2005 makes it an offence for a person to use the internet, or other carriage service, to counsel or incite suicide or to promote or provide instruction on a particular method of committing suicide. This presentation describes the lead-up to the introduction of this legislation, and the media coverage of its enactment. It also considers the public's reaction.

Language: en