Petition To The Senate - Outdoor Advertising Should Be G Rated
My name is Wendy Francis. The purpose of my email is to present to you a petition that I would be grateful if you would consider supporting, both personally and also within your organisation. The petition is requesting that outdoor advertising be G rated. If you have ever been offended by a billboard or an advertisement on a bus or other outside medium, then I urge you to support this campaign. If you are concerned for your children or your grandchildren, then I urge you to support this campaign. Innocence is a wonderful virtue. I do not believe the Advertising Standards Board is exercising any care to protect our children, and their innocence is being denied.
Experts agree that the inappropriate sexualisation of children in Australia is of increasing concern. Public spaces are used by the general public, including children. Therefore outdoor advertising should be suitable for a general audience. Currently, highly sexualized images/messages disallowed on TV until late at night are imposed on the general public with no ‘off’ button. Parents are not being given the right to decide what is appropriate for their children’s viewing.
I believe that Advertising needs to be appropriate to both the Audience and timeslot. The outdoor Audience is general. Children inhabit the outdoors – we encourage them to do this. Therefore advertising that is not allowed on TV until late at night should not be in the outdoors.
Although a hard copy of the petition can be downloaded from my website, this petition is also able to be signed ‘electronically’. The link to the hard copy and online petition can be found at www.wendy4senate.com/petition
This petition has been approved by the Clerk of the Senate and will be presented to the Senate by Senator Russell Trood.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, for further information or if you would like me to come and speak to you about this campaign.
This campaign is supported by the following organisations–
National Civic Council www.newsweekly.com.au/aboutncc.html
Australian Family Association www.family.org.au/
Collective Shout www.collectiveshout.org
Qld Bioethics Centre bne.catholic.net.au/qbc/
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia www.wesleyan.org.au
Baptist Union of Australia www.baptist.org.au/
Body Matters www.bodymatters.com.au/
Braveheartswww.bravehearts.org.au/
Family Voice www.fava.org.au/
Fatherhood Foundation www.fathersonline.org/aboutUs.html
Kids First Parent Association of Australia www.kidsfirstaustralia.com
Helpful Resources:
Kids Free 2B Kids website: www.kf2bk.com/
“Does my bum look big in this ad? Body image and the media”, by Lisa Cox www.wombatbooks.com.au/inthisad.html
Say No For Kids website: www.sayno4kids.com/blog/
Please use this opportunity to: Forward to a Friend
Wendy Francis
Lead Senate Candidate
PO Box 357, Aspley Qld 4034
Tel 07 3352 6555 Fax 07 3352 6540
Mob 0421 085 860
Email wendyfrancis@qld-familyfirst.org.au
Web www.qld-familyfirst.org.au
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