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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS INC.

Society confident of ban on The Peaceful Pill Handbook

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Media Release 13 June 2008

The Society is confident that The Peaceful Pill Handbook (New Revised International Edition) co-authored by Dr Phillip Nitschke (dubbed ‘Dr Death’ by the media) will be banned by early next week by the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review, Ms Claudia Elliott, in response to its application for an interim restriction order. The deadline for submissions from interested parties in respect to the Society’s application passed today Friday 13 June at 12.00 pm. (See below for Society’s latest submission).

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Society’s Submission to the Ministry of Culture and Heritage

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Submission Re: Consultation Paper: “Broadcasting and New Digital Media: Future of Content Regulation”

Ministry of Culture & Heritage January 2008

Society’s responses to Ministry Questions submitted 11 April 2008

Q 1 What concerns are appropriate to be addressed through content regulation.

These concerns should include all content that could be considered “objectionable” and/or “injurious to the public good” …. all the matters covered under Sections 3(1), 3(2), 3(3), 3(3)(A) and 3(3)(B) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act (1993), which was amended in 2005. Concern should also include all matters related to issues of fairness, accuracy, balance and personal privacy, as well as others currently dealt with in Section 4(1) of the Broadcasting Act (1989). Consideration also needs to be given to the current set of principles established by the Press Council as well as matters dealt with in s. 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993 relating to the treatment of classes of persons.

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