PRIME Minister John Howard has ruled out wider controls on pornography following a crackdown on child abuse in remote Aboriginal settlements.

As part of the Government's plan, X-rated pornography has been banned from remote indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

But Mr Howard said today that would not filter through to other parts of Australia, despite calls for a national pornography ban from Christian lobby groups.

"We are not contemplating further general restrictions for the rest of the Australian community," Mr Howard said on Southern Cross radio.

The ACT is the only other jurisdiction where X-rated pornography can be purchased legally.
Mr Howard said it was evident that pornography had been used in a very harmful way in the Northern Territory and the Government must ensure it was not happening elsewhere.

"We're not proposing a general tightening - we will have a discussion about this and there are linkages between the ACT and the Territory because they're both territories and their laws are a bit different than what they are in the states.