Ms Cliona Richardson:

Again, I will not comment on individual cases. If there had not been the element of sextortion or the sexually explicit photos on that account, setting up a false account or an account with somebody's name is not necessarily a criminal offence. However, there was criminal activity in the situation described by the Senator and that could be investigated.

Again, we encourage anybody who feels they are a victim of a crime, whether one of the types of offence I mentioned or another offence, to report it and come forward and we will robustly investigate it.