ACMA approves Content Services Code to ‘protect children’
The ACMA has approved the Internet Industry Association’s new Content Services Code. It was required because of changes made to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 last year. The biggest of those changes was probably the new prohibition on MA15+ content delivered via Internet or a mobile services, unless it was subject to appropriate access restrictions....
Michael Atkinson responds: R18+ games, bad parents and protecting children
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is what most people consider a dickhead (and that’s by folks who vote for him). Gamers and anyone opposed to censorship aren’t so kind. They know he’s been blocking an R18+ classification for video games for years. Why? Atkinson swears blue children will be harmed by the introduction of an...
Hetty Johnston’s not a moral crusader
She doesn’t consider herself to be a moral crusader, but Hetty Johnston does consider herself to be the Mary Whitehouse and Fred Nile of our time. Well, ‘probably’ at least. Hetty told the Courier Mail she doesn’t like to think about it: Is she a moral crusader? Our age’s Fred Nile or Mary Whitehouse? Johnston...
Confirmed: Fallout 3 banned
In what might be the most high profile game ban since GTA III, Fallout 3 has been refused classification for its realistic drug use. Australian Gamer obtained the Classification Board’s report. Here’s a small snippet: Encouraging drug use? In a game, sure, but in real life? Get off it. If the Government believes that kids...
Fallout 3 banned for in-game drug use?
Rumor around the gaming community is that Fallout 3 has been refused classification in Australia because it contains drug use. A user on the GameSpot forums says a friend who works for the ‘OFLC’ had revealed to them that Fallout 3 has been banned for its in-game use of morphine. Under the National Classification Code,...
Nude model wants to marry a farmer! Good heavens, not in Australia!
Okay, we all know the only reason News.com.au published a story about a former AbbyWinters (NSFW) model and current contestant on Channel Nine’s The Farmer Wants A Wife is because the mention of boobs is a surefire click booster. At the end of the day it’s her business if she wants to shack up with...
Police pre-approve Pope Day protest placards, t-shirts
Police have warned that organisations protesting during World Youth Day events will need to have placards, banners and t-shirts pre-approved. If they don’t, they risk losing their right to protest according SMH: During a meeting with two leading victims groups yesterday, senior police said protesters would also have to include details of their planned messages....
Clean feed trial complete
A laboratory trial of the Government’s ISP filter has finished and a report is now in Senator Conroy’s hands. Conroy’s office says it’s too early to comment on the Tassie trial, but we do know live field trials are next and that letters circulating suggest the Government plans to coordinate with other countries who have...
The Gruen Transfer tackle the Beaver Tampon Ad
Have you watched The Gruen Transfer? It’s a great show on ABC where Will Anderson and a panel of advertising execs dismantle advertisements, compete to sell whale meat, and talk about controversial ads. A week or two back they looked at the Emma Thompson human trafficking video, tomorrow it’s the Kotex Beaver ad that had...
