The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that Channel Seven breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice by incorrectly classifying three episodes of Home and Away as G instead of PG on 21 February, 23 March and 26 March 2007.

The 21 February 2007 episode of Home and Away had a teenage couple’s decision to have sex and the consequences of this decision. ACMA found that verbal references to sex and visual depictions of sexual behaviour contained in the episode were not brief or infrequent. It also considered that the program’s treatment of the theme of teenage sexuality was not very mild in impact.

On 23 March and 26 March 2007, Martha was encouraged by her boyfriend to take up pole-dancing, although she is reluctant to do so. ACMA determined that pole-dancing scenes contained in the programs contained visual depictions of sexual behaviour, that their impact was higher than very mild, and that the episodes were not suitable for children to watch without supervision.

Home and Away episodes are now generally rated as PG.