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Residents opposed to Struggle Street

Sunshine residents suggest locals not co-operate with the filming of controversial SBS series.

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In the latest objections to Struggle Street , residents of Sunshine, in Melbourne’s west, are even suggesting strategies to discourage filming.

Sunshine resident Charlie Davison suggested people not co-operate with interviews.

“Some have suggested that residents should engage in legal activities that will disrupt their filming,” she noted on social media.

“A suggested example was flooding their [SBS] screen with images that can’t be shown on TV … such as wearing T-Shirts advertising alcohol and tobacco products.”

But logo pixellation would probably thwart that idea.

Sunshine Business Association president Bruce White told News Corp “You find people who are struggling and people doing it tough everywhere so we don’t want that associating with just our suburb.”

Struggle Street is not a story that resonates here like it did in Mount Druitt and there are things happening here that are really positive.”

A spokeswoman for SBS said, “We are still in the early stage of the production process, however the series will be filmed in Queensland and Victoria exploring, through personal stories, challenges, such as industry downturn and transition, unemployment and other issues of social and economic hardship, which reflect the challenges of Australians across the country.”

She also said the second series would air late next year.

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