Carly Ryan (January 31, 1992 – February 20, 2007) was an Australian teenager from Stirling, South Australia, who was lured and murdered by a 50-year-old serial paedophile from Melbourne, Garry Francis Newman.

Using a fake identity, Newman had posed online as a fictitious 18-year-old boy and had groomed Ryan for over 18 months before eventually meeting and killing her.

[1][2][3] In the wake of the arrest and trial of Newman, public opinion eventually led to nationwide legal changes, nicknamed "Carly's Law", being made to help protect minors online.

Approximately 18 months before her death, while using MySpace (and Vampirefreaks.com), she befriended "Brandon Kane",[5] a user who claimed to be a Texas-born teen living in Melbourne who was a musician and had similar taste in music as Ryan.

The same morning, at Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot, Ryan's battered and dishevelled body was found floating face-down in the shallow water,[2] and attempts to revive her failed.

Investigators examined security footage, which showed Ryan in and around Port Elliot on 19 February, in the company of two men, and she was last seen alive by witnesses at the beach at 9:30 PM.

The purpose of the bill was: to introduce an offence to criminalise acts done using a carriage service to prepare or plan to cause harm to, procure, or engage in sexual activity with, a person under the age of 16.