Why adult stores sell banned films and magazines
Two Brisbane adult stores have been fined for selling Category 2 magazines and films classified as X18+ and RC. Queenslander’s can legally watch and purchase such material, but it is illegal for QLD stores to sell it. That creates a big problem and not just for retailers in the Sunshine State — for stores in...
X18+ cull on the horizon?
Refused Classification has an interesting snippet from Senate Estimates held May 27. In regards to the ’emergency’ ban on pornography in certain areas of the Northern Territory, Labor Senator Trish Crossin asked whether expanding the ban to include all of the NT and the ACT had been discussed. Classification Board Director, Donald McDonald, and Assistant...
Adult Shop loses R18+ appeal
Some adults are offended by seeing other adults have sex (creating offspring must be such a dreadful task…). But are those same people representative of broad community values and standards? The Federal Court says yes. Adult Shop has lost a legal battle to have an X18+ rating overturned for the adult film Viva Erotica. The...
