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Interview:
Robbie Swan, Director, The EROS Association: 14th
July
2003
In
keeping with Media Man Australia's tradition of tackling
any subject, we explore the world of censorship, the
adult entertainment industry and hidden agendas.
This
interview will be transcribed and posted in our Multimedia
section, in its uncensored entirety!
Welcome
to the program. Tell me how's everything going in
these turbulent times in the world?
Well,
turbulent times in the world often means censorship
comes under the spotlight. Were finding this at the
moment The problem is its misplaced. What's happening
in around 70 to 80 percent of all official government
censorship is now applied to sexual media. It's not
applied to....
Media
Man Australia Multimedia
...end.
Editors
note: A complicated and interesting subject, to say
the least. Media Man Australia continues to publish
and broadcast material you wont see or hear anywhere
else in Australia. We are pleased that we still have
freedom on speech in Australia, or should that be,
freedom of internet!
About
EROS
(full credit to the EROS Association for this wording,
which is used to compliment the interview with EROS
Media Director, Robbie Swan).
Established
in 1992, the Eros Foundation has developed an international
reputation for its lobbying efforts. It has grown
to represent nearly 400 business members from all
areas of the Australian adult industry - chocolate
body paint manufacturers, phone line operators, video
duplication warehouses, contact magazines and more.
Eros also has hundreds of individual members of the
public who are interested in sex and censorship.
The
aim of the Foundation is to encourage a heightened
understanding of the adult industry and to promote
the rights of those working in and around the adult
industry - subject to adequate safeguards for minors.
Our day-to-day business has expanded from traditional
parliamentary lobbying to publishing a monthly journal
called Eros, running Eros Seminars, coordinating regular
state trader meetings and organising a nightly news
and information service for our members.
The
Eros Foundation is entirely funded by subscriptions
from our members. The motivation for everything Eros
does is to improve the quality of life for those involved
in and around the adult industry. Membership is open
to all who support the Foundation's aims and objectives.
About
Robbie Swan (Media Director)
(full
credit to the EROS Association for this wording, which
is used to compliment the interview with , Robbie
Swan).
Robbie
Swan is the media director at Eros. Between 1992-1998
he was Eros' chief political lobbyist and campaign
manager. During that period he worked closely with
political advisors from across the spectrum to accept
logical perspectives on Australia's adult industry
rather than the moralistic policies of the church
and moral's groups. He was well known for his stouches
with arch conservative Senator Brian Harradine, who
frequently accused him of being a transvestite in
Senate Committees. Prior to his association with Eros
he was the editor of the political humour and satire
magazine, Matilda; the eco-magazine, Simply Living
and the women-friendly erotic journal, Ecstasy. He
has also worked with anti-censorship campaigners Phillip
Adams and Richard Neville. In the early 1990s he ran
a lobbying campaign on behalf of the Adult Video Industry
Association.
Links:
The
EROS Association
EROS
Journal Online
Electronic
Frontiers Australia: Internet Censorship in Australia
Yahoo!
Directory of sex abuse in the Catholic church
Poynter
Online: The Poynter Institute clergy abuse tracker
Islam.org.au:
The Pedophilia of the Church
CBS
News: The Church On Trial
Office
of Film & Literature Classification
Murder
By Media: Death of Democracy in Australia
Internet
Censorship and Civil Liberties in Australia (Danny
Yee's)
Internet
Freedom (UK website)
Sex
Workers Outreach Project
Larry
Clark official website (US Film maker)
Refused
Classification: Film Censorship in Australia
The
Chopping List: Banned or Censored Movies in Australia
Melbourne
Underground Film Festival: News Updates
Media
Man Australia, Greg Tingle, interviews relating to
censorship
Greg
Tingle interviews Philip Adams (audio)
Greg
Tingle interviews Yolunda Corduff, journalist (text)
Greg
Tingle interviews Bessie Bardot, author & business
women (text)
Greg
Tingle interviews Scott Balson, author of Murder by
Media (text)
Greg
Tingle interviews Bob Pagani aka Cranky Media Guy,
broadcaster - part a (text)
Greg
Tingle interviews Howard Hampton, publisher of x-mag
(text)
Greg
Tingle interviews Seth Finkelstein, programmer, Anti
Censorware Investigations
Media
Man Australia
Adult
Directory
Escorts
SEXPO
Additional
information located by Media Man Australia
Courtesty
of Australian Policy Online
ELECTRONIC
MONITORING IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
From: Australian Institute of Criminology
The use of electronic monitoring has the potential
to improve the cost-effectiveness of correctional
programs, provide enhanced opportunities for offender
rehabilitation and extend the range of
sentences available to the courts. However, despite
the fact that electronic monitoring has been in use
for at least two decades, there are many legal, ethical
and practical issues to resolve. Posted
23-7-2003
X-RATED
FILMS AND THE REGULATION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL
From: Research Service, Parliament of New South
Wales
In June 2002 the NSW Legislative Council Standing
Committee on Social Issues released the report
of its inquiry into the Classification (Publications,
Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Amendment
Bill 2001, recommending that the Attorney-General
consider establishing a licensing scheme to allow
controlled premises to sell X-rated material in
NSW or taking more enforcement action against
breaches of the legislation. On 30 April 2003
a notice of motion was moved in the Legislative
Council that leave be given for a private members’
bill to remove the prohibition on the sale of
films classified ‘X’, and for other
purposes. These developments serve as the basis
for this paper.
Posted 23-7-2003
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