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 academic research and educational purposes would be best effected by each State and Territory prescribing the persons, bodies or classes of persons to whom RC material and submittable publications may be published and on what conditions…
- Research into community standards
Ministers noted that nothing in the research gives rise to a need to review the guidelines…
- Hate based websites
Ministers requested that officers prepare a paper canvassing the benefits and disadvantages of extending the definition of RC material to include hate-based material, and a proposal as to how such material could be defined and included in the National Classification Code or Guidelines…
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