Citing stopping childhood obesity as their motivation The Greens party have introduced a bill calling for the banning of junk food ads during childrens television shows.  Read more here.

I've been a supporter of the Greens for quite a long time now and its always good to hear them in the news.  I don't think there should be any ads during childrens television but I'm sure a lot of toy manufacturers would disagree with me.  Anything that stops kids being manipulated before they have the skills to better interpret the impulse's advertisements target is good to me.