Call to ban all
X-rated porn in Australia
July 2007
Recent reports of child abuse in aboriginal communities in the Northern
Territory have shocked the nation and led to intervention by the federal
government. Alcohol abuse and pornography have been cited as causes and the
federal government has called for a ban of X-rated pornography going into
aboriginal communities.
A number of concerned groups around the nation have called on the Prime
Minister and the government to extend the ban so that all children are
protected.... calling for a ban on the sale of X-rated pornography from
the Northern Territory and the ACT. All of the states ban the sale of
such material but it is shipped by post from the Territories.
The government is currently looking at that situation.
Now John Anderson, former leader of the National Party and
former Deputy Prime Minister, has spoken up, saying all children - indigenous
and non-indigenous - need to be protected and that all governments need to
consider the issue.
He said “I think what comes out of this is we are now conceding that there's
a problem with this stuff, and frankly I think that all Governments ought to
have a long hard look at it again.” ... “And we ought to say that civil
libertarian arguments are not enough in the face of too many young Australian
children's lives are being deeply scared even permanently and seriously
damaged.”
Ban all hard-core porn, says Anderson
July 09, 2007 - The Australian
ACTION: Write to your local federal Member and the Prime
Minister asking them to ban the sale of all X-rated pornography in the ACT and
the NT.
Members of Parliament - click here
for details.
The Prime Minister - click here to email
him online. Author: Jenny Stokes | Modified: 10 July 2007 |
