List of Prohibited Content (Australia)

There are certain items or services that are not allowed on Carousell at all. They may not necessarily be illegal, however, they do not fit our selling criteria, and aren't in the spirit of Carousell. These include:

1. Alcohol, Drugs & Tobacco
   1. Alcohol
   2. E-Vaporizers (E-Cigarettes) and related products
   3. Tobacco products and other smokeable products
   4. Items that resemble smoking products or promote smoking
   5. Drugs and drug paraphernalia
2. Adult & Mature Content
   1. Pornography and adult material including, but not limited to, pornographic books, magazines, pictures and videos
   2. Adult toys, sexual wellness and enhancement products
   3. Adult industry services and jobs, including escort services
   4. Nudity and sexually-oriented material
   5. Used daily use intimate wear (e.g. bras, panties, boxers, briefs, etc)
3. Animals & Animal Products
   1. Live animals and insects
   2. Items made from endangered/exotic animals
   3. Human beings, human remains and body parts
4. Counterfeit & Replica Items
   1. Counterfeit items
   2. Items that infringe copyright laws including, but not limited to, unauthorized sales of eBooks
5. Weapons
   
   1. Knives, Swords and Hand Weapons, unless determined to be used for non-lethal sports or dress-up purposes
   2. Firearms, Imitation Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
   3. Others (e.g. Tasers)
6. Illegal Items or Encouraging Illegal Activity
   1. Stolen or illegal goods
   2. Items or listings that promote, support or seek to engage users in illegal activity
7. Medical & Healthcare Items
   1. Any consumables with slimming/weight loss effect
   2. Prescription drugs and medical devices
   3. Medicine, medicinal instruments and items with objectionable medical claims
   4. Injectable health/cosmetic substances
   5. Any products found to contain banned substances and/or are identified to cause adverse side effects. For the list of banned products, please click here
8. Offensive Materials
   1. Content that promotes, supports or glorifies acts of violence
   2. Content that seeks to shame others and/or reveal personal information of others
   3. Content that promotes, supports or glorifies hatred and seeks to discriminate and/or demean on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, disability or sexual orientation
9. Others
   1. Recalled items
   2. Moneylender services
   3. Listings promoting Multi-Level-Marketing programs, Get-Rich-Quick schemes, pyramid selling schemes and Commission-only schemes
   4. Services relating to the receiving and/or sending of OTPs (one-time passwords)