R rating for games dismissed as ‘porn’


R rating for games dismissed as ‘porn’

Feb 29, 2008

THE head of Australia’s videogames industry body says there is a way to solve the R18+ videogame rating issue but the South Australian attorney-general has dismissed it as “pornography”. Ron Curry, chief executive of the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia, said an R18+ rating could still be introduced into federal...

Attorney-general to veto R rating for games


Attorney-general to veto R rating for games

Feb 26, 2008

THE controversial R18+ classification for games is still opposed by at least one state attorney-general, a spokesperson has confirmed. The issue of introducing an R18+ classification for games will be raised at the next Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) on March 28th. It has been off the political agenda since 2005. Full story at...