A spokesman for Bob Debus, Minister for Home Affairs, said the issue would be discussed in March. However, while the previous government wasn't particularly keen on the higher rating being available for games, in the past it was typically just as likely one of the states who blocked the passage of the legislation. For the rating legislation to be changed, the attorneys-general of each state must all agree on the issue, so just one state can block the legislation for the whole country.
In 2002 a similar proposal was not passed due to opposition from then Federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams, primarily because it did not have the support of some South Australian senators and South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. The government argued that games should not have an R18+ rating because of "the likelihood of children gaining access to adult computer games increases if the material is legally available."
However, even some child protection advocates have called for the R18+ rating for games, arguing that the lack of an adult rating unhelpfully reinforces the 'games are only for children' stigma, and that some games have been squeezed in under the MA15+ rating by a pressured ratings board.
Since 2001, eighteen games have been banned by the ratings board in Australia, including the initial submission of Grand Theft Auto III, BMX XXX, Mark Ecko's Getting Up and recently, Dark Sector.
. For example i don't think we will see Ninja Gaiden 2 here uncut 
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