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Brendan O’Connor Replaced As Minister For Home Affairs
43As Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor was more influential than any other Australian when it came to revamping games classification. Today, in a cabinet reshuffle Julia Gillard announced that O’Connor has been removed from his role, and has been replaced by Jason Clare, the previous Minister for Defence Materiel. Robert McLelland has also been…
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Victorian Attorney-General: New R18+ Guidelines Require “Public Debate”, Concerned About “Frequent And Gratuitous Violence”
Despite the fact that the public have been consulted extensively, Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark has claimed that the new guidelines currently being prepared for a possible R18+ rating require “careful scrutiny and public debate” before any decision is made. And, in a statement that sends alarm bells ringing, he stated he was worried about the…
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Brendan O’Connor: R18+, Classification And Years Of Inaction
Earlier we posted a story discussing Brendan O’Connor and his stance on the R18+ issue, we’ve just received an entire transcript of the source interview by the ABC, where he states, among other things, that he “seeking advice” on “other avenues”, in case the upcoming SCAG meeting in July doesn’t go as planned.
