Attachment A Submissions from the complainant The complainant submitted the following to the broadcaster on 18 November 2014: I have copied the following from the ABC standards: children and young people from potential harm that might arise during their “protect engagement with the ABC and its content….” risks associated with the child/ young with, use of and exposure “manage person’s participation to ABC content and services designed for them. 8.4 Take particular care to minimise risks of exposure to unsuitable content or inappropriate contact by peers or strangers.” The following is quoted word for word from the show: Darcy and I had “I think sex” The you do it or friend said….”did not?” Another friend then said you …”did score?” you saw her …..”So bare naked?” How can this possibly be considered children from when the character in the “protecting harm” show is not being fully aware of what he is could even doing…….which imply rape…….and could expose to to mention the fact that there is a law in Australia about under age STD’s. Not the characters in the show could well be perceived/or are actually under age. sex………..and Yet this is shown to be and children watch TV and look up to the “cool” “normal”, because actors/actresses. Then when watching the show, these concepts are investigated further. I believe that the standards have been upheld and it is obviously subject to interpretation, don’t interpretation which I believe, is detrimental to children age 6-15. I am still in disbelief that justification of the content of this show has been given, because of the I then question the standards, or the person reviewing the show by these “ABC standards”. standards. To me and many others that I have emailed the content of this show to, it is so clear that this is inappropriate for children in the 6-25 age group. The complainant submitted the following to the ACMA on 17 December 2014: please find below the email from the ABC, explaining their justification that the episode can […] be accommodated by the PG classification, which I do not agree.
Attachment A Submissions from the complainant The complainant submitted the following to the broadcaster on 18 November 2014: I have copied the following from the ABC standards: “protect children and young people from potential harm that might arise during their engagement with the ABC and its content….” “manage risks associated with the child/ young person’s participation with, use of and exposure to ABC content and services designed for them. 8.4 Take particular care to minimise risks of exposure to unsuitable content or inappropriate contact by peers or strangers.” The following is quoted word for word from the show: “I think Darcy and I had sex” The friend said….”did you do it or not?” Another friend then said …”did you score?” …..”So you saw her bare naked?” How can this possibly be considered “protecting children from harm” when the character in the show is not being fully aware of what he is doing…….which could even imply rape…….and could expose to STD’s. Not to mention the fact that there is a law in Australia about under age sex………..and the characters in the show could well be perceived/or are actually under age. Yet this is shown to be “cool” and “normal”, because children watch TV and look up to the actors/actresses. Then when watching the show, these concepts are investigated further. I don’t believe that the standards have been upheld and it is obviously subject to interpretation, interpretation which I believe, is detrimental to children age 6-15. I am still in disbelief that justification of the content of this show has been given, because of the “ABC standards”. I then question the standards, or the person reviewing the show by these standards. To me and many others that I have emailed the content of this show to, it is so clear that this is inappropriate for children in the 6-25 age group. The complainant submitted the following to the ACMA on 17 December 2014: […] please find below the email from the ABC, explaining their justification that the episode can be accommodated by the PG classification, which I do not agree.
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