The Australian government said today opposes an .XXX or any other gTLD that would establish a RedLight District on the Internet.

According to a story appearing in the Australianit.news.com.au, the AusRegistry, which operates the domain registry for .au, said that it has been approached by several entities planning to apply to register adult-themed gTLDs including, .xxx and .sex, however, a spokeswoman for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the government was opposed to the creation of adult-themed domain names.

“The government does not support the creation of the .xxx TLD,” the spokeswoman said.