Manpower Australia. Documentary featured a touring show of male strippers. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration). Not applicable (balance, responsible programming).
All Decisions
3 National News. Item about a pro-abortion campaigner included scene in which a woman was undergoing a physical examination in a medical clinic. Not upheld (children's interests). Subsumed (responsible programming).
Basic Instinct. Film contained a violent sex scene and a scene showing explicit sex with bondage ending with murder. Upheld (good taste and decency): only the time the opening sequence was screened (10.15pm on 20 March and 8.30pm on 31 March). Order (publication of a brief summary of decision).
Where on earth is Carmen San Diego. Animated children's programme contained some fast-paced action scenes. Not upheld (children's interests, violence).
Crimewatch. Item focused on violence in the home, featuring police reports of the incidence and types of domestic violence, and was a repeat of an earlier item broadcast 18 months previously. Not upheld (balance, discrimination and denigration).
Newsnight. Interview with visiting American female actor who took roles in pornographic films. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance).
Erotica. Programme promoted as an investigation of the phenomenon of sex as entertainment. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance).
Inside New Zealand: "A Deadly Taboo". AIDS sufferer's search for a dignified and controlled death explored. Opponents of euthanasia were given only a brief opportunity to put their point of view. Upheld (balance). No order.
Midday Report and Checkpoint. Programmes dealt with release by the Minister of Health of a report which examined the effects of marijuana/cannabis use, and government's announcement of what it intended to do. Complaint about the comments from Life Education Trust members. Not upheld (balance).
Radio Pacific talkback. Host was Bill Ralston and topic was beheading of the statue of John Ballance in the grounds of Parliament. Not upheld (fairness, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming).