Officer please: Stephanie Rice FaceBook shots too hot for Swimming Australia
Photos on swimmer Stephanie Rice’s FaceBook profile have been deemed too raunchy for Swimming Australia. As a result, they’ve ordered all swimmers to make their Facebook pages private so only friends can view them. Talk about making a big deal out of nothing. Steph’s photos are extremely tame and are nothing more than shots of...
You can’t say c*nt in the kitchen
South Australian Liberal Party Senator, Cory Bernardi, has called for an examination into the effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice for radio and television. Why? Bernardi isn’t happy that the chef famous for swearing, Gordon Ramsay, swears on Australian TV. Supposedly, Channel 9 broadcast Ramsay saying cunt in an episode of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares...
Who ya gonna call? Fun Busters!
Kate Sikora from the Daily Tele asks how far do lobby groups, which claim to have childrens’ best interests at heart, want to go with curtailing any possible shred of fun our youth might have? If the fun police in this country have any more influence your only enjoyment looks like being allowed out of...
No gag order for Aussie Olympians
The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed Australian athletes competing in Beijing will be entitled to speak on any issue, including human rights. However, all athletes will be required to sign an agreement asking that they only comment to the media about their own events, prospects and performances. This agreement has been in place for ‘several’...
MySpace ALP All Stars: Conroy ain’t one of ’em
Remember before the election when all those Labor politicians joined MySpace and declared how ‘in touch’ they were with Australian youth. Each no doubt reveled in delight every time a 14 year old girl with purple hair added them as a friend. Some of those fine pollies even responded to people’s questions. It was a...
Film shorts banned at Melbourne Queer Film Festival
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) cannot screen their special presentation, The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome, at this year’s festival. The package of shorts (currently classified X18+ in Australia) were denied exemption from classification by the OFLC even though they would have been shown to adults only. “The MQFF is terribly disappointed not...
7:30 Report removes filtering video from website (watch it here)
The 7:30 Report has taken down video of their mandatory filtering story. Thankfully, I downloaded it last night and have uploaded it so you can see just how bad it really was (the transcript doesn’t do it justice). Why did they remove it? It might be because some viewers found the dreadfully racey images shown...
ABC viewers slam 7:30 Report’s trashy ISP filtering story
The 7:30 Report’s story on Internet Filtering last night has been slammed by ABC viewers. In letters to the show’s website many equated the report with the tabloid journalism usually seen on Today Tonight and A Current Affair. Here’s what people had to say: I send my congratulations to the 7:30 Report for managing to...
