Right: Australian Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett has urged caution on restriction and censorship of media, while acknowledging that sexualistation of children by the media and advertising industries is a genuine problem.
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The full text of The Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts into the Sexualisation of Children in the contemporary media was released on June 27, 2008.The report can be read at http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/committee/eca_ctte/sexualisation_of_children/report/report.pdf
The recommendations of The Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts into the Sexualisation of Children in the contemporary media were released on June 27, 2008. These recommendations can be read at http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/eca_ctte/sexualisation_of_children/report/b01.htm
In October 2006, the Australia Institute issued a report titled 'Corporate Paedophilia: sexualisation of children in Australia'. The report, written by Emma Rush and Andrea La Nauze can be read at https://www.tai.org.au/?q=node/8
The relevant report can currently be found at the bottom of page one of this list of Australia Institute publications. 'Corporate Paedophilia' argues that the sexualisation of children is a major problem and requires significant action. It is designated DP90 pdf (indicating it is a pdf file and is discussion paper number 90)
The Australia Institute also issued another report covering similar territory titled, 'Letting Children be Children: Stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia'
It is also written by Emma Rush and Andrea La Nauze. It too can be read at https://www.tai.org.au/?q=node/8 where a clickable link can be found. It is designated DP93 pdf (indicating it is a pdf file and is discussion paper number 93)
A summary of the Australia Institute 'Corporate Paedophilia' report can be found at a https://www.tai.org.au/documents/downloads/DP90.pdf
On June 26, 2008, the ABC Radio National program PM presented a report on the recommendations of the Senate committee into the Sexualisation of Children. The report titled, 'Inquiry recommends media self-regulation over child sexualisation' presents a range of points of view on the appropriateness of the recommendations.
A full text of the broadcast can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2287201.htm
On September 26, 2007, Emma Rush, one of the author's of the Australia Institute's 'Corporate Paedophilia' had an opinion piece published on Online Opinion. The comment is titled, 'Child sexualisation is no game'. The piece outlines instances of and suggests some of the negative consequences that might result from the sexualisation of children. The full text of this comment can be found at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6422
On October 11, 2006, the ABC's 7.30 Report presented a segment in which a range of commentators gave their views regarding the Australia Institute's 'Corporate Paedophilia'.
A full transcript of this program can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1762698.htm
On January 17, 2008, Online Opinion published an opinion piece by Mark Bahnisch is a Lecturer in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. The opinion piece is titled, 'The religious politics of puritan purity' and argues that many reactions to supposed child sexualisation are exaggerated and run the risk of denying the autonomy of young people.
The full text of this article can be found at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6871
Former Australian Democrat senator, Andrew Bartlett has a current affairs and politics blog. On June 29, 2008, Mr Bartlett commented favourably on the recommendations of the Senate committee into the sexualisation of children in the media. These comments can be found at http://andrewbartlett.com/?p=2065