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Scope

The committee considered community standards of taste and decency in classifications for services using electronic technologies including video games and computer programs. The government's response to one of the committee's most significant recommendations was that video and computer games have an upper classification limit of MA, thereby eliminating the R and X classifications.

Chairs

Margaret Reynolds

qldALP

John William Tierney

nswLIB

Reports

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Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies Report
Video and Computer Games and Classification IssuesParliamentary paper number 196/1993
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0055 Reverse Phone Directory ServiceParliamentary paper number 271/1993
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Overseas Sourced Audiotex Services, Video and Computer Games, R-Rated Material on Pay TVParliamentary paper number 131/1994
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Consideration of the Provisions of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Bill 1994Parliamentary paper number 474/1994
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Status Report on the Committee's Inquiries
R-Rated Material on Pay TV: Part 1Parliamentary paper number 9/1995
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R-Rated Material on Pay TV; Regulation of Bulletin Board Systems; Codes of Practice in the Television Industry (Corrigendum tabled 24 August 1995)Parliamentary paper number 153/1995
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Regulation of Computer On-line Services: Part 1Parliamentary paper number 170/1995
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Operations of Codes of Practice in the Television Industry: Part 1Parliamentary paper number 463/1995
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Regulation of Computer On-Line Services: Part 2 (Interim Government response tabled 25 June 1997)Parliamentary paper number 464/1995
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Regulations: Statutory Rules 1995 No. 401Parliamentary paper number 99/1996
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R-Rated Material on Pay TV: Part 2 and Review of the Guidelines for the Classification of Film and VideotapesParliamentary paper number 141/1996
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Portrayal of Violence in the Electronic MediaParliamentary paper number 9/1997
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Regulation of Computer On-line Services: Part 3 (Erratum tabled 25 August 1997)Parliamentary paper number 115/1997
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