Feb 15, 2012
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today introduced legislation to establish an R 18+ category for computer games. This will bring the classification categories for computer games into line with existing categories used to classify films. It will also bring Australia into line with the classification systems in many countries...
Jan 24, 2012
Today both Gamespot and Kotaku have reported that the new Federal Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare, has confirmed that the R18+ for games bill will be introduced in the first session of parliament this year, commencing February 7. However the process will still take quite a while as Gamespot discusses, the Bill has to be passed through both the Upper and...
Nov 28, 2011
Recently our Chairman, Edward Fong, did an interview on Sky News about the potential impact a new Classification system which includes R18+ may have on our industry. To watch, click here
Nov 24, 2011
James Dominguez has written an excellent piece over at Screenplay about the question of interactivity and the different treatment being applied to video games, despite the lack of evidence, under the proposed new classification guidelines. You can read on...
Nov 4, 2011
THE HON BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 4 November 2011 R18+ ONE STEP CLOSER WITH RELEASE OF GUIDELINES Minister for Justice Brendan O’Connor today released the proposed Guidelines for the introduction of Australia’s new adult category for computer games. The Guidelines for the Classification of...
Oct 19, 2011
As featured over at Techworld, Macquarie Uni will next week host a free public debate on the ‘politics of play’ as part of the university’s GAME festival, which is being organised by the Interactive Media Institute. The debate will look at the issues surrounding the creation of an R18+ classification for video games in Australia and how...
