Oh dear. It would appear that I am too late to stop the unnecessary panicking on the part of our international friends in this thread. "Move out", indeed. What rubbish.
Valkatron said:
As the title says, our oh so smart government in Australia is now going to start filtering websites from our searches.
Luckily, the Australian Greens will shoot this down in the Upper House, so you don't have to worry for now. They have called the plan "fundamentally flawed" in several statements which have been repeated on their Facebook, and since their support is essential for it to be passed, it won't happen.
You want this not to happen in the future too? I suggest that you start voting for the Greens, if you aren't already.
Couple this with our no R18+ policy for games (which all here know about, though they just started taking peoples views on this) sometimes i really, really hate this country and the old fogeys running the show.
Yes, they've started taking our views on this. It is sounding like a proposal for change in the right direction, so I wouldn't be too worried about this either. If that isn't encouraging, note that the Prime Minister stood together with Bajo and Hex of
Good Game at the opening of ABC3. Since they were photographed together after the opening, it's possible that a dialogue with them began regarding an R rating for games. It would explain the choice to consult the public, in any case.
