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Last month, I was interviewed by 4ZzZ’s Zed Games show on the introduction of an R18+ rating in Australia. The show also includes an interview with Gamers 4 Croydon. You can grab the mp3 here: ...

March 9th

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8:29pm via Everyone Plays
Game stores are in full swing gathering petitions.  We've got a long way to go - please go to a store to sign a petition.  The current ratings classification system as it stands isn't helping ...

March 7th

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11:23am via R18+ Games
According to a report in The Australian, the Federal Government has received over 55,000 submissions on whether an R18+ rating should be introduced for video games. The government will now prepare ...

March 6th

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2:00pm via Kotaku: R18+
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, the man who fears gamers more than outlaw bikers, has given “tens of thousands of dollars in funding” to the group who this week said that vi...

March 5th

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The recent review (EFA and AusGamers’ submission is here) on the introduction of an R18+ rating has apparently received more than 55,000 submissions from Australians interested in this issue. Thi...
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11:03pm via Everyone Plays
We received word from GAME yesterday that we received over 3000 signatures in the first 48 hours of having the petition in stores! We're looking forward to seeing this week's numbers!
Rem...

March 1st

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11:25am via R18+ Games
The deadline for making a submission to the Discussion Paper has now passed and, according to GamePolitics, one of the submissions was made by Paul J. Hunt, former Deputy Director of the Classifica...
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5:42pm via Everyone Plays
Saturday's Daily Telegraph had a double page spread covering video games, clearly echoing our message - an R18+ rating would protect children. The image features our very own Roland Kulen. Click...

February 27th

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2:30pm via Kotaku: R18+
Electronic Frontiers Australia has just released their R18+ submission, drafted in conjunction with the good people at AusGamers. As part of the release, they’ve offered some good pointers on the...
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The Review on the introduction of an R18+ rating for computer games closes on Sunday. To all of you who have not yet made a submission, I encourage you to do so.
To make a submission, use the templ...

February 26th

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11:00am via Kotaku: R18+
EB Games weighed in on the classification debate with support for Grow Up Australia as well as a nationwide petition in their 350 stores. Yesterday it was announced they collected 46,000 signatures...
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12:19am via Everyone Plays
Well here it is,
We've been working on this campaign for well over 12 months now. It all started when a few of the PALGN writers decided to start a petition in our booth at eGames 08. It ...
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6:14pm via R18+ Games
In the previous post, we announced that the majority of submissions to the Discussion Paper were in favour of an R18+ rating for games. (The figure has since risen to over 16,000 thanks to EB Games...

February 24th

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11:00am via Kotaku: R18+
Grow Up Australia, the group who worked with EB Games to promote R18+ reform for video games, has announced they collected 16,055 submissions for the Attorney-General’s Department discussion.
Wit...
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2:00pm via Kotaku: R18+
The period of public consultation on the issue of whether Australia should have an R18+ rating for videogames is drawing to a close. You have until February 28 to make a submission. Many Kotaku rea...

February 19th

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4:00pm via Kotaku: R18+
Earlier this week, iGEA made public their submission to the Attorney-General’s Department discussion paper on classification reform. We’re digging a lot deeper into their submission to find mor...
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1:00pm via Kotaku: R18+
The period of public consultation on the issue of whether Australia should have an R18+ rating for videogames is drawing to a close. You have until February 28 to make a submission. Many Kotaku rea...

February 18th

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2:00pm via Kotaku: R18+
Last week Games.On.Net interviewed Gamers 4 Croydon candidates about the upcoming SA elections and their effort to shine a light on the need for R18+. In one telling point candidate Chris Prior tal...

February 17th

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12:39pm via Kotaku: R18+
No matter what the statistics, the research, or the weight of public opinion say, Atkinson has his feet firmly planted in concrete when it comes to classification reform. His position is based on h...
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5:01pm via R18+ Games
According to Refused Classification, early results for the R18+ Discussion Paper are released. Helen Daniels, assistant secretary of the Copyright and Classification Policy Branch, explains that a ...

February 16th

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2:30pm via Kotaku: R18+
The Interactive Games  Entertainment Association (iGEA) has announced that today it made its submission to the Attorney-General’s Department on the R18+ discussion. Along with some insightful st...

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