Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 March 2008

Committees

Environment, Communication and the Arts Committee; Reference

3:34 pm

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—At the request of Senator Conroy, I move:

Paragraph (1), omit ‘radio and’.

Omit paragraph (2), substitute:

(2)
In undertaking the inquiry the committee, in particular:
(a)
review the evidence on the short- and long-term effects of viewing or buying sexualising and objectifying images and products and their influence on children; and
(b)
examine strategies to prevent and/or reduce the sexualisation of children in the media and the effectiveness of different approaches in ameliorating its effects.

Question negatived.

Original question agreed to.

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