Michael Atkinston sixth most hated person
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has landed himself spot number six in Zoo Weekly’s annual Top 50 People We Hate List. I wonder why. Atkinson outranked accused child sex offender Dennis Ferguson, Toadie from Neighbours, and Corey Worthington. Good effort.
Nick Minchin new shadow communications minister
Nick Minchin has replaced Bruce Billson as shadow minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. News Report. In 2003 Minchin, Tony Abbott and Alan Cadman (amongst others) formed the ‘Family Policy Group’ to persue the interest of families in parliament. All three are linked to the Lyons Forum who in 1997 attempted to ban...
Is Malcolm Turnbull the answer to a censorship-free Australia?
Malcolm Turnbull may not be the silver bullet that kills censorship in Australia, but he does provide a better shot at it than Keven Rudd and the ALP. At his first media conference as leader of the opposition, Turnbull commented on something that lies at the heart of what makes the current Government and censorship...
Hetty Johnston links young sex offenders to Internet pornography
Child protection campaigner Hetty Johnston says the reason the age of sex offenders and their victims is getting lower is probably because of easy access to internet pornography. The evidence to support such a claim — Either Hetty doesn’t have it or the media didn’t report it. I’m betting the first. ‘Easy access to pornography’...
Australian Christian Lobby and the case of the entertaining cannibal
Those wacky folks at the Australian Comedian Christian Lobby have done it again. They’ve taken a jab at ABC for labeling last Friday’s episode of Wire In The Blood about a sex-crazed cannibal as ‘entertainment’ in their TV guide. Okay ‘drama’ may have been more appropriate, but we all know how petty the ACL can...
Anna Bligh uses Attorney-General, police to censor Wicked Vans
Could there be a bigger and more disgusting waste of Government resources: QLD Premier Anna Bligh has sicked her dogs, the State’s Attorney-General and Police service, onto Wicked rental vans for what’s been described as a ‘highly offensive’ slogan. According to the Cairns Post, a Cairn’s resident complained about one of the companies vans with...
How to outrage the Australian Family Association: A guide for the whole family
They’re our knight in shining armor — our Hetty in a time of Henson — they are the Australian Family Association. Always around when someone has crossed that line… as can be seen from these recent events. Step 1: If you run a multi-million dollar company selling burgers, you can make more money by selling...
Michael Atkinson responds: R18+ games, bad parents and protecting children
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is what most people consider a dickhead (and that’s by folks who vote for him). Gamers and anyone opposed to censorship aren’t so kind. They know he’s been blocking an R18+ classification for video games for years. Why? Atkinson swears blue children will be harmed by the introduction of an...
Hetty Johnston’s not a moral crusader
She doesn’t consider herself to be a moral crusader, but Hetty Johnston does consider herself to be the Mary Whitehouse and Fred Nile of our time. Well, ‘probably’ at least. Hetty told the Courier Mail she doesn’t like to think about it: Is she a moral crusader? Our age’s Fred Nile or Mary Whitehouse? Johnston...
Anna Bligh not happy with Wicked camper vans
Queensland Premier and suit connoisseur Anna Bligh has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Bureau over what she says are obscene slogans on camper vans operated by hire company Wicked. ‘I don’t think they’d be allowed on a billboard and therefore they shouldn’t be allowed on a van’ ‘These are often things that frankly...
Vodka Cruiser ‘Free Condom’ promo outrages family groups
Those wacky family groups are at it again. This time it’s over a Vodka Cruiser promotion where customers at thirteen liquor outlets across Sydney were given free condoms and the chance to win a pole dancing kit. Angela Conway from the Australian Family Association told the media that the offer was promoting a “booze-drenched culture”...
Steve Fielding strips off in public. No, really
It’s enough to make a senior citizen want to die: Obscene? Yes. From today’s ‘Grey Power‘ protest.
