Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Details of what was on the agenda at this years Standing Comittee of Attorneys-General censorship meeting have been released. Apart from the introduction of an R18+ classification for computer games, our censorship ministers also discussed:
Access to RC material for research
Ministers agreed that access to refused classification (RC) material for legitimate ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
There's still no R rating for games, but today's meeting between federal, state and territory censorship ministers has at least made some progress. Despite being opposed to an adult games classification, South Australia has agreed there should be a public consultation process on the classification of games.
That may mean good ...
Posted in Censorship Policy, Game Censorship | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Australia's Censorship Ministers are gathering today for their first SCAG meeting of 2008 to discuss amongst other issues, whether Australia needs an R18+ rating for games.
Of course, SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson already stated he will veto the proposal.
So if you're having trouble understanding the way our censorship system works and ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
South Australian Liberal Party Senator, Cory Bernardi, has called for an examination into the effectiveness of the broadcasting codes of practice for radio and television.
Why? Bernardi isn't happy that the chef famous for swearing, Gordon Ramsay, swears on Australian TV.
Supposedly, Channel 9 broadcast Ramsay saying cunt in an episode of ...
Posted in Politicians and Prudes, TV Censorship | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Kate Sikora from the Daily Tele asks how far do lobby groups, which claim to have childrens' best interests at heart, want to go with curtailing any possible shred of fun our youth might have?
If the fun police in this country have any more influence your only enjoyment looks like ...
Posted in Parental outrage, Politicians and Prudes | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
The Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed Australian athletes competing in Beijing will be entitled to speak on any issue, including human rights.
However, all athletes will be required to sign an agreement asking that they only comment to the media about their own events, prospects and performances. This agreement has been ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Remember before the election when all those Labor politicians joined MySpace and declared how 'in touch' they were with Australian youth. Each no doubt reveled in delight every time a 14 year old girl with purple hair added them as a friend.
Some of those fine pollies even responded to people's ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) cannot screen their special presentation, The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome, at this year's festival. The package of shorts (currently classified X18+ in Australia) were denied exemption from classification by the OFLC even though they would have been shown to adults only.
"The MQFF ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The 7:30 Report has taken down video of their mandatory filtering story. Thankfully, I downloaded it last night and have uploaded it so you can see just how bad it really was (the transcript doesn't do it justice).
Why did they remove it? It might be because some viewers found the ...
Posted in Internet Censorship | 5 Comments »
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The 7:30 Report's story on Internet Filtering last night has been slammed by ABC viewers. In letters to the show's website many equated the report with the tabloid journalism usually seen on Today Tonight and A Current Affair.
Here's what people had to say:
I send my congratulations to the 7:30 Report ...
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