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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. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. 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 r...

Share on Twitter 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.  READ MORE Dr Mich...

Rape prevention campaigners have slammed the government’s new education campaign, which uses tacos and milkshakes to teach school students about consent.

  Rape prevention campaigners have slammed the Morrison government's "confusing" new consent education campaign for schools featuring bizarre videos of a woman smearing a man's face with a milkshake. Warning the videos fail to meet the National Standards for the prevention of sexual assault through education, advocates say expert revision of all of the current content is needed to ensure it actually works, and isn't harmful. The consent videos include "examples" of a woman being concerned about swimming in a beach because of sharks and a man with a spear gun trying to convince her to get...

Last modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 05.20 EDT Rape prevention and sexual education experts have criticised the federal government’s new consent education campaign, accusing it of creating “bizarre” videos and spreading misinformation about sex and consent. The Good Society website, launched as part of the Department of Education’s Respect Matters program, contains more than 350 videos, digital stories, podcasts and teaching materials to help teach sex and consent to school-age children. None of the videos aimed at students in years 10-12 use the words sex, rape, or assault. I...