Liberal Senator
Ben Small has, for some reason, recited an iconic shitpost word-for-word during Senate estimates. Yes, it includes imagery of pig manure and cartoonish heart-patterned boxer shorts.
The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee spent the morning looking at what tweets ABC journos have liked, ostensibly as part of a probe into former Attorney-General
Christian Porter‘s dropped defamation suit against the ABC. This particular tweet was written in response to
The tweet in question reads thusly: “I try and sue the ABC but instead my pants fall down and I try to waddle away but accidentally waddle over a balcony and land headfirst into a truck of pig manure and my legs wriggle around and everyone sees my heart-patterned boxer sorts.”
The Government’s Terrible Milkshake Ad Misses The Point Of Consent Education
Young people in Australia right now are looking for a comprehensive understanding of consent and sexual assault. These videos do not provide that.
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When a government authority shares information, it should be appropriate, tested and reliable. However, as we’ve seen in recent years, the Australian government has a poor track record regarding resourcing information about consent and respectful relationships.
We’ve seen un-actioned national plans, gutted community services to provide consent teaching and training, and a very haphazard promotion of primary prevention materials. There have been endless promotional materials. While we’ve had the answers for a long time, the series of sexual assault allegations within parliament have renewed a focus on conversations around gender equ
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The federal government has removed two videos from its new online resource about sexual consent and respectful relationships following community and stakeholder backlash.
The suite of videos, digital stories, podcasts and other materials on The Good Society website was launched last week, as part of the government s $7.8 million Respect Matters program.
But the resource has faced significant backlash from rape prevention advocates, women s rights groups and politicians for its simplistic and often confusing messaging around sex and consent.
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Dr Michele Bruniges - secretary of the Department of Education, Skills and Employment - said on Tuesday that in response to community and stakeholder feedback, two videos have been removed .
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Published March 3, 2021
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CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape and suicide.
Australia watched in shock as Attorney-General
Christian Porter reveled himself to be the person accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, allegations which he wholly denies.
The alleged rape was first reported to police in February, 2020, before the woman took her own life in June of that year. The government was formally made aware of the allegations last week, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that Porter publicly admitted that he was the alleged perpetrator.