QLD Cursing in email

[Steveh]

Is it illegal or a crime to curse at someone in an email?
(That someone is the support service employee of an org)
(F word)

 

[gingerdvera]

As what I read, this is under of commonwealth offences. Check this at Australian Federal and Commonwealth Offences | Cridland & Hua Lawyers . Any harassments using internet can be a crime.

 

[MrE]

It is if the cursing "menaces, harasses or causes offence". That's what causes the Commonwealth offence. That's because an email is a "carriage service" for the purpose of the Commonwealth criminal code.

A seriously harassing email could make out the Queensland charge of Unlawful stalking, but it would usually need to be a lot of email, or one very bad email. One swear word in one email won't be enough.