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McGowan must get serious about offensive advertising
September 13, 2022
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Peter Abetz
Last week was National Child Protection Week. But children in WA continue to be harmed by hyper-sexualised outdoor advertising. The McGowan Government has introduced legislation to address such advertising on motor vehicles, a problem that has largely disappeared. But its failure to act to protect children from obscene outdoor advertising has prompted […] Read More
Vic: Move to prohibit venues from using advertising or promotional material that is sexual, degrading or sexist
October 5, 2021
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Wendy Francis
Informed by the Royal Commission into Family Violence, the Victorian Government has proposed law reforms which would prohibit licensed venues using sexual imagery, or imagery that is degrading or sexist in their promotions. Venues that ignore the ruling could have their licenses removed and incur fines of up to $20,000. Australian Hotels Association […] Read More

ACL advertisement elicits welcome commitment from Greens
November 9, 2022
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Christopher Brohier
Tasmanian Greens Leader, Cassy O’Connor MP, responded publicly today to the Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) advertisement in the Tasmanian Mercury newspaper Read More
Sexualised Ads will keep harming kids unless strong action is taken
September 25, 2020
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Wendy Francis
Sexualised advertising has a proven negative effect on children. Under pressure for tougher standards, the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) released their updated Code of Ethics this week. “Among other points, this new code prohibits the use of overtly sexual images in outdoor advertising or shopfront windows,” Australian Christian Lobby spokesperson […] Read More

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