The Australian Christian Lobby has called on Government-funded TV stations SBS and the ABC to tighten access to its adult-only material following warnings that children were able to watch violence and sex scenes online.  

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A trip to the movies is a school holiday tradition for many families. Choosing which movie is suitable for your children should be a simple matter of following the classification guidelines. But a recent survey by the Australian Council on Children and the Media has found that eight in 10 parents believe the classification system is letting them down and needs an urgent overhaul. 

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An urgent request for the MA15+ rating assigned to the latest X-Men blockbuster, LOGAN, to be reviewed has been lodged with the Classification Review Board.

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In television's ever-growing quest for shock-driven ratings, Channel 7 has stooped to a new low with its Seven Year Switch offering.



Australian Christian Lobby Managing Director Lyle Shelton said a program glamorising partner swapping and disloyalty did not present a vision of flourishing human relationships conducive to building a civil society.



"Channel 7 really should ask itself if this presents a vision of human dignity or is it just crass voyeurism?



"Many marriages and relationships have produced children by seven years. Is glamorising partner swapping really a good idea for the individuals and children that may be involved?"



Mr Shelton said Seven Year Switch plumbed a new low of so-called reality television.

"I really do think the Seven network could do better and that we as a society are better than this,” he said.



“We urge shareholders to express these concerns to management.”



Complaints can be lodged online, on the Channel 7 Facebook page, or on twitter @Channel7



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In this week’s program we hear from ACL Spokesperson for Women, Wendy Francis, on Coles supermarkets recent ban of the exploitative men’s magazine Zoo Weekly and how this is a win for women and how magazines like this adversely affect society.

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Hilton Hotels & Resorts have today announced that they have changed their policy in order to remove all on-demand pornographic videos from all of its properties, worldwide.

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The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the Australian Communications and Media Authority to reject proposed changes to free-to-air television which include abolishing G timeslots, abolishing the AV rating and bringing forward M and MA timeslots.

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For release: April 9, 2014



The Australian Christian Lobby is calling for the Queensland Government to urgently act in light of the latest advertising slogan from Wicked Campers and introduce outdoor advertising laws to keep the public space in line with community standards.



ACL’s Queensland Director Wendy Francis said the latest slogan “fat girls are harder to kidnap” by the campervan company degrades women and condones violence against them.



“Members of the public have expressed concern at this slogan and whilst the Advertising Standards Board (ASB) has upheld the complaint[1], Wicked Campers has been free to ignore correspondence from the ASB,” she said.



“The self-regulation system isn’t working and it’s time for the Queensland Government to step in and enforce rulings and introduce penalties,” she said.



“A Parliamentary report into outdoor advertising released in January recommended introducing a co-regulatory approach to advertising to prevent this type of behaviour from happening,” she said.



The report’s recommendations were unanimous and bi-partisan.



Ms Francis said she’s concerned at the time it’s taking for the government to introduce legislation since it and the Opposition agreed to the report’s recommendations.



“The Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie told parliament last week that the government would ‘take our time’ to implement the recommendations and work with billboard advertising owners,” she said.



“It’s time for the Queensland Government to respond to community expectations,” she said. 



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[1] http://ms.adstandards.com.au/cases/0065-14.pdf

Wendy Francis is the Queensland Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. In this interview with the ACL's Katherine Spackman she talks about a petition she launched about Bras N Things competition on its shopfront windows to win a trip to the Playboy Mansion. Ms Francis was concerned about the objectification of women and children seeing the poster. Within a day of the petition being officially launched it attracted 2,600 signatures and the next day Bras N Things CEO contacted Wendy to say it would remove the posters from the shopfront windows.

In the last week, the ACL has been quoted in the media on issues such as outdoor advertising, classification and abortion in Tasmania. See below for links to mentions in the media.



On the abortion report in Tasmania:

• Christian Today Australia - Abortion report ignores the rights of babies

On outdoor advertising in Queensland:

• The Daily Telegraph - Standing up to the politically-correct bully boys

On classification:

• Sydney Morning Herald - CEO of Australia's video games peak body talks classification