Federally Funded Health Advice Website Under Review After Students Redirected to Gay Sex Websites

A website is now under review after high school students seeking health advice are being redirected to gay sex websites.

The Australian reported that the federally funded Student Wellbeing Hub website contained links to Sydney-based HIV and gay health group, ACON, formerly known as the AIDS Council of New South Wales.

The site was meant to offer teenagers information about health and wellbeing issues, however, high school students have instead been redirected to websites with explicit information about anal intercourse, gay saunas and cruising for sex online.

Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham called for an urgent inquiry into the Student Wellbeing Hub site after being alerted to the ACON links.

“The Student Wellbeing Hub is meant to offer age-appropriate materials for students and their parents and educators to ensure children feel safe and supported at school.

“I have directed my department to review all third-party links to ensure only websites and materials that are age-appropriate are linked from the Student Wellbeing Hub,” he told The Australian.

ACON, which has offices across the state, runs workshops for same-sex attracted and bisexual men on safe sex and also gives advice about gay saunas, also known as sex on premises venues.

The Student Wellbeing Hub was initially known as the Safe Schools Hub when launched by the Gillard government in 2012. The name was changed during a relaunch earlier this month to avoid confusion with the controversial Safe Schools Coalition program, which encouraged teenagers to engage in role playing to understand same-sex attraction earlier this year.

Education Services Australia developed the new Student Wellbeing Hub program for the federal Department of Education and Training.

Links to the ACON website were removed on Sunday after The Australian sought a response from Senator Birmingham.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk