Barnaby Joyce concerned pornography is encouraging paedophilia
I’m not going to waste much breath on Barnaby Joyce, but he’s concerned pornography available in petrol stations and corner stores is encouraging paedophilia. I know. I know. Another ripper from the Barnaby School of No Evidence. Senator Julian McGauran also said shops are selling illegal, explicit magazines by disguising them in opaque packaging. McGauran...
Aussie censors cause worldwide revision of Fallout 3
Watch out world — The reach of the Australian Classification Board now extends well beyond our sandy shores. The censored Aussie version of Fallout 3 will be the version of the game that is released worldwide. Gaming website Edge has the full details. Here’s what the game’s PR head Peter Hines had to say: Calling...
Are our censors deluded?
I just made my first post on NoCensorshipAus (a new collaborative blog) about News Ltd’s puff piece on Australian Classification Board member Alexandra Greene. Greene told the paper that she doesn’t consider her role at the ACB to be that of a censor, she merely informs people about what they are about to watch and...
Watch on Censorship criticises Salo decision
Turns out that seven members of a thirteen member classification panel voted no to releasing that awful ‘sadistic sex movie’ Salo. Like all of us, Margaret Pomeranz from Watch on Censorship isn’t impressed. Here’s what she had to say in today’s Brissy Times: “Salo is a film by a significant filmmaker but there are some...
Salo stays banned
Between 1993 and 1998, Salo was classified R18+ in Australia. You could see it in select cinemas. Before that it had been banned since 1976, and in 1998 the QLD Attorney General saw to it that be banned once again. Fast forward 10 years and nothing has changed. Shock’s submission to have the upcoming Criterion...
Classification Amendment Bill brings about changes to advertising and assessment
The Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Assessments and Advertising) Bill 2008 passed the Senate this week. Here’s a brief look at some of the changes: The Bill allows unclassified films and computer games to be advertised before they are classified, providing they meet set conditions and are assessed as part of a new...
Censors investigate websites using Henson photographs
The Classification Board is investigating news media websites who published photographs taken by Bill Henson. The case was referred to them by the ACMA, but it’s unknown whether a complaint was made by a member of the public (maybe a revolted PM?) or the ACMA took it upon themselves. So on one hand you’ve got...