Australian Government Opens R18+ Games Debate

ercles on 6/5/2010 at 09:20

Just to pry this from the grave, a piece of good news at least.

(http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/troubled-attorney-general-michael-atkinson-to-quit-front-bench/story-e6frf7jx-1225843386675) Atkinson has decided to step down from his role as Attorney General. The replacement has said he won't be changing any policies, but I'm not sure if Atkinson's personal stance counts as policy. Either way it's good to see the dinosaur step down.

icemann on 6/5/2010 at 12:29

Thats very old news by this point. That occurred about 2 months ago if I remember right?

ercles on 7/5/2010 at 01:00

Parliament only resumed this week, so this was the first chance to actually see what the replacement was like. Plus I couldn't find an update about it here.

EvaUnit02 on 6/12/2010 at 13:24

(http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/05/australian-federal-cabinet-approves-r18-games-rating-passing-a/) Australian federal cabinet approves R18+ games rating, passing along to AGs.

Hopefully this thing is passed so that Australia may finally join the 21st century.

icemann on 6/12/2010 at 14:10

Bout damn time. Now to see if the attorney general approves.

ercles on 6/12/2010 at 21:56

Quote Posted by icemann

Bout damn time. Now to see if the attorneys general approves.

Pretty sure that the state attourneys as well as McLelland get to have a say here. As much as I think this is great, if this reform passes before Indigenous recognition in the constitution or gay marriage even reaches a vote, I'd be pretty disappointed.

Muzman on 7/12/2010 at 02:07

And the cranks scramble to every AG in the country to (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/8452779/wa-govt-under-pressure-from-mps-on-r18/) tell them to block it

( I dunno how gay marriage became an issue. The (http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/12/06/public-opinion-on-same-sex-marriage/) polls are hilarious. Like climate change, I swear our pollies only read American polls when deciding where to place their policy consternation)

Chade on 7/12/2010 at 02:38

Most of those poll results aren't very surprising, Muzman, but I don't understand why childless people are more likely to oppose gay marriage? Isn't the rallying cry typically something to do with "protecting the children"?

june gloom on 7/12/2010 at 02:42

No it's more along the lines of "gay people are icky!"

Chade on 7/12/2010 at 02:44

So you're saying it's the same people who never wanted to change a diaper?