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  • R18 games and Australia's classification revolution

    Australia is set to undergo a major change in its classification system that will finally resolve the vexed issue of the absence of an R18 rating for video games if proposals from the Australian Law Reform Commission are adopted.

  • Macquarie Uni puts R18+ classification, gaming under the microscope

    Macquarie Uni will host a free public debate on the 'politics of play' as part of the university's GAME festival, 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 interactive entertainment is treated compared to other forms of media such as films, as well as the impact of games on society.

  • NSW backs R18+ classification

    New South Wales will back the creation of an R18+ classification for computer games, clearing the way for the adult-only category's introduction.

  • Attorneys-general back R18+ games classification

    The two day meeting of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has endorsed the idea of an R18+ classification for video games. The in principle decision was backed by all states and territories, with the exception of NSW Attorney-General, Greg Smith, who abstained.

  • R18+ games rating decision due July

    A decision on the introduction of an R18+ rating for computer games could arrive as soon as July, the Minister for Justice, Brendan O’Connor, has said.

  • Abbott not aware of R18+ games issue, but will review if elected

    Opposition Leader Tony Abbott tonight said he would be happy to examine the issue of an R18+ classification rating for video games if the Coalition won the upcoming Federal Election, although he admitted he did not know there had been a debate on the issue.

  • New Attorney-General could pass R18+ games

    The election of South Australian backbencher Jon Rau as the state's Attorney-General has been hailed a breakthrough for higher classification reform for video games.

  • Atkinson's exit is no epic win for gamers

    One of the country’s hardest violent video game critics, South Australian Attorney-General (AG), Michael Atkinson, has resigned to pave the way for new Labor blood.

  • Do video games make adults violent? The jury's out, says psychologist

    The jury is still out on whether adults are just as influenced by video game violence as juveniles, according to a Macquarie University psychologist. Dr Wayne Warburton, who earlier this week told the House of Representatives that violent media can imbed aggression into the subconscious, said the “evidence is mixed” as to how violence in media can influence adults, or more specifically, whether juveniles would adopt aggression-related scripts more readily than adults through prolonged exposure to violent video games.

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