Channel 10 Big Brother program

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Pastor G Gray
Chairperson of Redlands Ministers Fellowship
12 Monterey Avenue
Total Signatures - 581
Sponsoring Member: Michael Choi MP
Posting Date: 7/7/2005
Closing Date: 1/9/2005
Tabled Date: 28/9/2005
Responded By: Rod Welford on 11/11/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland residents draw the attention of the House to the serious concerns they have in regard to the negative impact the television program Big Brother inflicts on society’s impressionable youth. The Big Brother program is extremely offensive when extremes of lewd behaviour are viewed by vulnerable and curious adolescents who perceive from this exposure that offensive behaviour is an acceptable standard within our communities. It is not acceptable that our youth are interpreting lewd behaviour as a normal way of life. This petition of your citizens request that the Government: withdraw all funding provided to the Big Brother program; instigate an immediate review of television censorship guidelines to be undertaken by the appropriate authorities; that Channel 10 remove the uncut version or at the very least reschedule the uncut and daily timeslots to ensure the program is not aired when there is the remotest chance that our communities younger viewers will be exposed to its content.