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Classification Board: What’s Next For R18+?
33In the wake of news that R18+ legislation passed through the senate without amendment, Jane Fitzgerald, Assistant Secretary at the Classification Operations Branch spoke extensively at Game-Tech about what happens next for R18+ in Australia. There’s a lot that still needs to be done, but Jane seems confident that loose ends will be tied up…
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R18+ Successfully Passes Through Parliament
Jason Clare, the Minister for Home Affairs has just announced that R18+ for games is set to become a reality, after legislation successfully passing through the Federal Parliament, having just gone through the Senate without amendment.
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The Australian Public Is Largely Unoffended By RC’d Video Games
As part of the Classification Review, the Australian Law Reform Commission, with the help of Ubris, put together a survey on attitudes to high level content in the MA15+ to RC classification categories. According to the survey, participants were largely unoffended by video game content that had been refused classification.
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The R18+ Inquiry Recommends An Adult Rating For Video Games Be Passed
After the R18+ classification bill was presented to Parliament on February 15, the Coalition asked that the bill be sent for an inquiry. That inquiry has now come back with the clear recommendation that the amendments to the Classification Act be made, and that an R18+ rating for video games should be implemented in Australia.