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Tue, Jan 01, 2013 | 21:48 GMT

R18+ Australian games classification now in effect

Although there aren’t yet any games to take advantage of it, Australia’s brand new R18+ ratings category for games came into effect with the New Year.

Thu, Nov 15, 2012 | 23:33 GMT

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R18+ legislation passed in South Australia

South Australia passed new laws allowing for the sale of R18+ classified games in a parliamentary session this week.

Tue, Sep 18, 2012 | 06:36 BST

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R18+ sticker scheme no longer on the cards in South Australia

South Australian state attorney-general John Rau has decided against implementing a plan to re-sticker all MA15+ games as R18+.

Tue, Apr 03, 2012 | 07:11 BST

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South Australia to pursue Rau’s MA15+ rebadging scheme

South Australia will move ahead with attorney general John Rau’s plan to rebadge all games rated MA15+ as R18+, enforcing their sale only to legal adults, despite progress in a national campaign for classification reform.

Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 10:10 BST

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South Australia to sticker-over MA15+ games

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.

Mon, Jul 18, 2011 | 09:13 BST

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

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.

Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 07:09 BST

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

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.

Fri, Jul 02, 2010 | 09:57 BST

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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.