Australian Capital Goes R18+
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Well thats not the Australian motto really thats the Motto for ASIO or the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation which is Australias CIA,NSA,FBI,US Marshals all rolled into the one organisation.9thRequiem said:
Although to be honest about the only reson Australia doesn't try and take over the world is we couldn't be arsed to much trouble and we only end up controlling the idiots we moved to Australia to get away from.
Woohoo, now people have heard of us!
But seriously, I'm glad my hometown is the one making this move first. Not sure why it will take 9 months, though.
But seriously, I'm glad my hometown is the one making this move first. Not sure why it will take 9 months, though.
Come one, come all.octafish said:
Oh and btw, we're not "within NSW". Slight error in the article there. NSW is a separate state which surrounds the ACT, but we are not part of it.
Interestingly I wonder how this will affect previous games that Australia didn't get. I wonder if there will be a rush to bring them into Australia. Not to mention how it will influance releases and what impact the Australian market plays, do they go by Canberra, or the rest of the country?
Being in the US I also wonder about regional laws. If you look at the case of Geohot you'll notice that the guy got nailed for possessing marijuana but had a liscense for it from another state which didn't help. If someone in Australia decides to head to Canberra and buy a game that isn't approved in another part of the country, can they be arrested there for making the purchuse, or for possession of the game?
I don't know, when I hear about one city doing this, capital or not, I have thoughts of regional law enforcement deciding to put game stores under pseudo-suerveillance so they can shake down game purchusers who live in their area or travel through their territory. Similar to how police have unofficial quotas of tickets they are supposed to hand out when they town needs money so they harass motorists, or even give tickets arbitrarly.
You know... cop knocks on the door and serves a fine for possessing a game illegal in the current area, which he knows about because he was "informed" of it's purchuse someplace where it was legal and being brought to that residence.
It sounds crazy, but with a hot button issue like this, and all the crazies involved, a slow transition like this seems like it's going to create a lot of problems.
Being in the US I also wonder about regional laws. If you look at the case of Geohot you'll notice that the guy got nailed for possessing marijuana but had a liscense for it from another state which didn't help. If someone in Australia decides to head to Canberra and buy a game that isn't approved in another part of the country, can they be arrested there for making the purchuse, or for possession of the game?
I don't know, when I hear about one city doing this, capital or not, I have thoughts of regional law enforcement deciding to put game stores under pseudo-suerveillance so they can shake down game purchusers who live in their area or travel through their territory. Similar to how police have unofficial quotas of tickets they are supposed to hand out when they town needs money so they harass motorists, or even give tickets arbitrarly.
You know... cop knocks on the door and serves a fine for possessing a game illegal in the current area, which he knows about because he was "informed" of it's purchuse someplace where it was legal and being brought to that residence.
It sounds crazy, but with a hot button issue like this, and all the crazies involved, a slow transition like this seems like it's going to create a lot of problems.
In Australia, at least in regards to X-rated material (i.e. Porn), it is illegal to sell it anywhere but Canberra, but not illegal to actually possess it. So, if I were so inclined, I could make the trip to Canberra, buy my smut, and take it back to Melbourne without any legal worries. I'm assuming the same would work for video games, and is consistent with other laws of this nature. (if we were talking fireworks, that would be another story...)Therumancer said:
Personally, about damn time! Gonna get my gore on!
I still bet it gets blocked by some idiot at the last minute. Seriously, I don't know what I'd do without being able to make my monthly 'Poor Australia' jokes.
amazing. they finally did it. so i can return back to australia in october and buy games which are mend for adults. victory for gamers in the country down under 
now they just have to squeeze it through the rest of australia and everything will be fine. then im sure not going every time to the capital to get my self a R+ rated game.
lol, and i guess many people here today learned that sydney is not the capitol of australia. its always funny when people say its sydney, same as with switzerland. everyone thinks its "zürich" but actually its "BERN".
now they just have to squeeze it through the rest of australia and everything will be fine. then im sure not going every time to the capital to get my self a R+ rated game.
lol, and i guess many people here today learned that sydney is not the capitol of australia. its always funny when people say its sydney, same as with switzerland. everyone thinks its "zürich" but actually its "BERN".
Now I just have to wait until Melbourne catches up. No longer will we be laughing stock of the gaming world!
Im not sure if its accurate to say that ACT will be the first to be able to purchase R18 games. Although ACT does have a habit of things like that (eg, X-rated movies, as mentioned already), this reads more like ACT are just the first to put legislation in place to be ready for when the R18 rating is introduced at the start of next year. I dont think they can actually get the R18 content until the rating comes into place, and by that time the other states and territories will most likely have introduced their own legislation too.
Our CIA/NSA equivalent is ASIS, the Australia Secret Intelligence Service. They have a website, etc, but keep a much lower profile and stay out of the news as much as possible, unlike ASIO.
... but maybe Ive said too much *hides under bed*
They like to promote that image, but ASIO is not our equivalent of the CIA, it is only the FBI/Marshalls equivalent.risenbone said:
Our CIA/NSA equivalent is ASIS, the Australia Secret Intelligence Service. They have a website, etc, but keep a much lower profile and stay out of the news as much as possible, unlike ASIO.
... but maybe Ive said too much *hides under bed*
now its time for the USA's free-to-air television code of practice to catch up to the rest of the western world.
Considering 99% of games were released in Australia unaltered it wasnt exactly stopping our freedom of speech, most "R-18+" games were just rated MA15+. It's really not going to change much except the occasional game that will now be able to get in as R-18+.Fappy said:
Glad to see it's done, even just to stop ignorant foregners from thinking we don't get R-18 games before hand.
Don't be so silly.Valanthe said:
We've been here all along, just needed a few bookeeping changes to categorise games betterThe Artificially Prolonged said:At last! Welcome to the civilized world Australia
, after all owning said games was never illegal, just selling them here.
Generally if you have say, a firecracker in Sydney where it's illegal that you bought in Canberra, you will still be charged for possession of an illegal item. As for video games, they'll be released federally at once, I'm guessing Canberra is doing it first to set an example of how it'd work, making it easily to enforce it on other states. As already stated in the news it'll be for the whole of Australia at the start of 2013, so even if your court with on in Sydney I doubt the police will care, as possession of said game is not illegal, only the SALE of it. I can get mortal combat if I wanted it, just not legal to sell it here.Therumancer said:
