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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.

Current state attorney general John Rau said the new scheme would " likely to lower the risk of games that contain high levels of violence being available to minors", The Australian reports.

The festival state was considered something of a wild card in state-level acceptance of new federal classification laws thanks to historical associations with a stubborn attorney-general and a strange plan to re-sticker MA15+ games, now shelved.

The ACT and New South Wales have already signed off on local legislation in support of the R18+ classification for video games, which goes into effect in January 2013. The Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia have all tabled legislation.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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