Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am waiting for a response to my question about section 86. But can I ask a question to follow up from Senator Allison’s. If you actually read the Anderson-Wild report, you will see that their concern is not the level of pornography; their concern is access to Austar, and adult channels which are available on Austar, and the fact that they are on day and night and there is no understanding or appreciation from adults that it might be a channel that you should only access after kids have gone to bed or they are not around. Quite clearly, I do not believe you can prohibit people from purchasing those channels on Austar. So, in the government’s attempt to get on top of this in communities, what focus will there be on educating people or focusing people’s attention on the access to Austar that they currently get? My understanding when I go to communities is that it is not actually pornography that is sent into communities that is very explicit that children are being exposed to; it is just the average viewing that you would see on adult channels on Austar that is being made available during the afternoon and early evening. What are you planning to do to get on top of that problem?