The first leg of our journey has come to end.
To quote from the latest media release, “In what is a history making petition, in just 8 weeks, over 89,000 Australians have signed our petition across the country in support of a change in PC and Video game ratings.”
“A record number of Aussies are telling politicians that they want an R18+ gaming classification. The in-store R18+ PC and Video Game Petition beat the November 05 Work Choices online petition count of just over 85,000.”
And to think, with the support of ACTU (and their membership) that Work Choices was an issue, among others, that brought down the Howard Government.
The full news article can be viewed here.
Some positive news, with regards to Mr. Brendan O'Connor, Federal Home Affairs Minister - I’m in the process of confirming a meeting with him. As you can imagine, I welcome the opportunity and appreciate him taking the time to discuss this issue on the 7 May.
The following, however, is an update on what we know about each incumbent / shadow Attorney-General and their attitude towards a change in classification:
1) Mr. Rob Hulls, VIC Attorney-General -
“At the moment, Australia is out of step with the rest of the developed world on this – R18+ classification for computer games.” Rub Hulls, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General. (The Premier of Victoria website – 28th March, 2008).
After speaking with Rob Hull’s policy advisor, the response was – “no official response but supports the release of the discussion paper and will not pre-empt the results.”
2) Mr. Cameron Dick, QLD Attorney-General -
Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick said he believed the issue should be resolved to give certainty to the industry. “We are currently finalising our position in relation to the issues,” he said.
We look forward to speaking to some more AGs as the SCAG meeting approaches… And we’ll have another update for you very soon.
Best,
Roland
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