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“Legal matter” prevents ABC doco from airing

ABC delays doco which revisits a series about teenage mums who are now all grow- up.

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ABC has postponed tonight’s broadcast of Plumpton High Babies: 10 Years On due to a “late legal matter that needs to be resolved.”

The documentary is the follow-up to the original ABC series that told the story of a group of teenage mothers who were encouraged by school Principal, Glenn Sargeant, to stay in school in a “Plumpton High Young Mother’s Program.”

The doco follows three of the original girls to see what became of them, their education, their careers and their own children.

Director Aviva Ziegler said in a statement, “Making this film, from the very start, has been a labour of love. Plumpton High Babies: 10 Years On represents a relationship spanning over 15 years, with a wonderful and compassionate Headmaster and a group of young women I have come to know and care about, as I watched them and their children grow.

“I am so sorry they won’t be seeing their stories told and their voices heard tonight. But I do hope their lives, and Glenn Sargeant’s commitment to giving them every opportunity through education with a school program that supported them and their community, will nevertheless still be seen very soon on the ABC.”

The ABC apologises for the inconvenience and a new date for broadcast will be announced soon.

It is yet to confirm a replacement programme.

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