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R18+ Game Rating Discussion Brought Forward
Post by Steve Farrelly @ 04:46pm 07/11/08 | 14 Comments
While things were looking bleak not so long ago, a meeting of the nation's Attorneys-General yesterday yielded good news as an agreement was met to release a discussion paper on the topic of introducing an R18+ games rating before the end of 2008.

The paper will be able to be discussed by Australian citizens when it's released before the end of the year in hope a greater percentage of people will see the value in adding an extra rating to the games current rating system.

However, the paper won't be released before renowned anti-R18+ South Australian Attorney-General, Michael Atkinson, has been able to revise the submitted paper as he thought it was
too "biased" in its current form.

"There is little point in seeking public comment on an unfirm footing that neglects one side of the argument. I look forward to contributing to the development of a fairer discussion paper," he said.

Once revised and agreed upon by the Attorneys-General, the discussion paper will be released on the internet for all to peruse and comment on, at which point in time we'll be sure to point you in the right direction.





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z0r
Posted 04:59pm 07/11/08
man, atkins gives me the whups. hopefully someone slips in some information that he's the only one who opposes it and edited the document.
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d[o_0]b
Posted 05:00pm 07/11/08
It doesn't matter if he's the only one. There only has to be 1
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Methz
Posted 05:05pm 07/11/08
I can't see it going any further than Atkins' hands. Obviously this bloke has a big problem with an R18+ classification,wich is odd considering his rather stupid and "biased" arguments about it.
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nF
Posted 06:19pm 07/11/08
Attorney-Generals


Its "attorneys-general", fyi.

Michale


Its "Michael", fyi

Atkins


Its "Atkinson", fyi.
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LOTUK
Posted 06:37pm 07/11/08
Pft. If anything he should be fighting to have the R18+ rating instated and getting all violent games classified as that, out of reach of the youngens instead of fighting to have violence slightly dumbed down for all ages.

He's just making violent games available for kids. He should just switch his fight to stricter punishment for retailers selling R18 games (once instated) to minors to limit their access. So all the kidingtons can still play Barny's friendly hugging adventure while we get to play Remove his face with a shotgun 4.
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parabol
Posted 06:43pm 07/11/08
Its "attorneys-general", fyi.

"It's" fyi.
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trog
Posted 06:48pm 07/11/08
pwned by nF!
Pft. If anything he should be fighting to have the R18+ rating instated and getting all violent games classified as that, out of reach of the youngens instead of fighting to have violence slightly dumbed down for all ages.He's just making violent games available for kids. He should just switch his fight to stricter punishment for retailers selling R18 games (once instated) to minors to limit their access. So all the kidingtons can still play Barny's friendly hugging adventure while we get to play Remove his face with a shotgun 4.
concur, the R18+ rating is useless without rigorous enforcement and harsh penalties. It should be a self-sufficient business to enforce for the first few years with fines, etc, after which point retailers will probably get into the groove of asking for ID and then enforcement efforts can be scaled back a bit.

Has anyone that has worked at a bar or been at a bar ever seen government types come in randomly to check IDs or something? How do they enforce this with alcohol? I know the bars I go to are pretty ruthless about asking for ID because the fines are so steep.
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nF
Posted 06:50pm 07/11/08
Hah, except i don't write for ausgamers. Steve does.
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Triamks
Posted 07:39pm 07/11/08
Burn.
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Pinky
Posted 08:12pm 07/11/08

In VIC the punishment for supplying alcohol to a minor is $6,805, or 10% on-the-spot fine (as is normally the case, $681).

Interestingly this is much lower than the penalty for supplying alcohol to an intoxicated person: $13,610 (or 10% on-the-spot).
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Pinky
Posted 08:15pm 07/11/08

As far as the R18+ rating goes - it's trivial to bring in. The structure required is as if for alcohol, cigarrettes, etc. Copy-and-paste legislation-wise. No need for anything like the 'Responsible Serving of Alcohol' because that mostly applies to management of intoxicated people, which clearly can't happen with games...yet...
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Mitcho
Posted 10:20pm 07/11/08
Well, at least i can say that this guy that is stoping a R18 rating is pushing aussies to import the games...or worse....download them ... *shrugs*
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TicMan
Posted 10:27pm 07/11/08
It's all part of K-Rudds communist ploy so that because of no 18+ regulation we have to download games but that'll be slowed down by our OZFilter(tm).
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ravn0s
Posted 11:32pm 07/11/08
bet the revised paper will still be biased, but in atkinson's favour.

last edited by ravn0s at 23:32:30 07/Nov/08
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