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Parents exposing kids to porn should face criminal charges: Oz politician | A senior member of the Liberal Party of Australia is drawing plans to protect kids from pornography, saying parents who expose their children to explicit material should face criminal charges. Scott Morrison is pushing for
changes to the law Down Under after a child protection case surfaced in his Sydney
electorate, where a father views blue movies and web videos in front of his kid
aged under five. The mother, who lodged a complaint to police and the Department
of Childrens Services, was told there is nothing in the law to prevent such conduct.
"We looked to see what remedies were available to help this mum protect her child,
we found there were none - and the police confirmed as much to her," the Daily
Telegraph quoted Morrison as saying in his column on The Punch. "The problem was
the father in this case was not seeking to expose the child to this material,
or anything else he was doing, as a step towards physically or sexually abusing
the child. "He just didn't seem to care that bringing this stuff into the home
and putting it in full view of his own child was a problem. "While his actions
may not constitute a sexual offence against a child under the strict definitions
of the law, most of us would agree he is a complete idiot," he added. Morrison
further said: "I am all for parental responsibility and allowing parents to bring
up their child according to the values they hold dear as a family. But this is
not one of those 'not that there's anything wrong with that' scenarios . There
is something wrong with this and our laws should say so." |
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