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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 10:10 BST

South Australia to sticker-over MA15+ games

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South Australian attorney-general John Rau has explained how he intends to wipe out the MA15+ ratings category for games in his home state: stickers.

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Mon, Jul 18, 2011 | 09:13 BST

Rau: South Australia to replace MA15+ ratings with R18+

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Attorney-General John Rau has communicated that South Australia will drop the current MA15+ ratings category for video games in favour of R18+, regardless of national overhauls to the classifications system.

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Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 07:09 BST

MA15+ games to be reclassified as R18+ in South Australia

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South Australian attorney general John Rau intends to introduce a revised games ratings system for his home state, and asked for nation-wide acceptance.

Hooray? Not quite. It won’t help you get your hands on the likes of Mortal Kombat and an uncensored Left 4 Dead 2 – but it will stop under-eighteens buying Grand Theft Auto IV or Fallout 3.

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Fri, Jul 02, 2010 | 09:57 BST

Dead Rising 2 to launch in Australia uncut

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Australia’s ratings board, the OFLC, has classified Dead Rising 2 for a release in the country with an MA15 rating. Best news? It’s releasing in the country uncut and unedited: Aussies get a break at last.

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