The Age Melbourne Australia 22nd September, l997. Page A4 The article is responsible for "sending me to the wire" this morning? "Sex exhibition hit by baby discrimination action. Scene in joke Couple with baby Joke has man at expo at the sexpo entrance Man states in bubble "Sorry this show's about sex. It's got nothing to do with babies". Baby in bubble ""My first conundrum". CONTENT OF ARTICLE in compressed format Yesterday an R-rated adults-only exhibition devoted to spicing up Melburnians sex lives has attracted some unsolicited excitement in the form of a legal complaint. The man Mr David Ross went to his solicitor who advised them to "deafen the couple with silence" Ms Wolfe and Graeme Dickson (parents) have consulted their lawyer who gave Ross a deadline which Ross failed to meet. Asked what impact the show could have on a baby Mr Ross declared the premises were restricted (to adults) during Sexpo. (more than 35,000 people have attended). (population Victoria 2 1/2 million (approx) Ross was then asked by Woolfe and Dickson what would happen if a 26 week pregnant woman carrying a foetus tried to enter. At this point Ross terminated the conversation and asked the couple to go to the Equal Opportunity Commission and they did! The couples complaint was "on the basis of parental status being discriminated in the provision of receipt of goods or services". Content which is four column wide by 12 centimetres long mentions that: the mother Ms Woolfe was breast-feeding Amanda so "is not able to be apart from her child" Beverley Walker Melbourne Australia [log in to unmask] /~bevw/