Today at Game-Tech, the Assistant Secretary from the Classifications Operations Branch, Jane Fitzgerald, discussed the difficulties involved in classifying thousands upon thousands of apps a rapidly evolving mobile environment. Could we move to a system that enabled the Australian Games Industry to self regulate and make everyone’s job a little easier?
“It’s quite a leap,” she claimed, “but not an inconceivable one.”
Speaking at the Game-Tech conference today in Sydney, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor briefly discussed the ongoing Classification Review and provided an insight into the Gillard Government’s intentions with regards to the future of classification in Australia. The overarching point? Classification must be “clear, simple and consistent”.