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The net effect of the ALRC’s recommendations in this Report would be the establishment of a new National Classification Scheme that: applies consistent rules to content that are sufficiently flexible to be adaptive to technological change;places a regulatory focus on restricting access to adult content, helping to promote cyber-safety and protect children from inappropriate content …
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5.43 Some stakeholders expressed concern about imposing classification-related obligations in relation to non-commercial online content, and noted that the Broadcasting Services Act imposes obligations to assess online content only on ‘commercial content service providers’. 5.44 Under the Broadcasting Services Act, a commercial content service provider is defined as a content service that ‘(a) is operated …
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1.6 Since 2010, there have been a significant number of inquiries and reviews covering matters related to the Inquiry. In 2010, the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) conducted a public consultation on an R 18+ classification for computer games.[1] Commonwealth, state and territory censorship ministers subsequently reached in-principle agreement on the introduction of an R …
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5. The New National Classification SchemeRecommendation 5–1 A new National Classification Scheme should be enacted regulating the classification of media content.Recommendation 5–2 The National Classification Scheme should be based on a new Act, the Classification of Media Content Act. The Act should provide, among other things, for:(a) what types of media content may or must …
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Australian Law Reform Commission President Professor Rosalind Croucher Commissioner in Charge Professor Terry Flew Commissioners The Hon Justice Berna Collier, Part-time Commissioner The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Part-time Commissioner Executive Director Sabina Wynn Legal Team Bruce Alston, Acting Principal Legal Officer Jared Boorer, Senior Legal Officer Justine Clarke, Senior Legal Officer Michele Reddy, Senior Policy …
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Name Location Mark Armstrong, Executive Director, Network Insight Sydney Australian and New Zealand Communication Association, roundtable participants on Media Classification special session: Kath Albury; Elizabeth Burns Coleman; Brett Hutchins; Clare Lloyd; Jason Potts; Elinor Rennie Hamilton, New Zealand Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Policy Convergence Panel, with Terry Cutler …
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8.19 In this Discussion Paper, the ALRC proposes that access to certain content—classified and unclassified—should continue to be restricted to adults.[10] This paper also assumes that certain content will continue to be prohibited even to adults (although what this content should be is discussed in Chapter 10). This section considers methods of restricting access, online …
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Promoting platform neutrality5.4 The proposed new National Classification Scheme would promote platform neutrality in classification law, as discussed in Chapter 4. Platform neutrality means that, as outlined in Principle 8, there should be a uniform approach to the same or similar content, regardless of the medium of delivery.5.5 This helps avoid inconsistencies that are manifest …
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1.6 Since 2008, there have been a significant number of inquiries and reviews covering matters related to the Inquiry. These are briefly described below.1.7 In 2008, the report of the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Sexualisation of Children in the Contemporary Media, was released.[1] The Committee, chaired by Senator Anne McEwen, …
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Australian Law Reform Commission President Professor Rosalind Croucher Commissioner in Charge Professor Terry Flew Commissioners The Hon Justice Berna Collier, Part-time Commissioner The Hon Justice Susan Kenny, Part-time Commissioner Executive Director Sabina Wynn Legal Team Bruce Alston, Principal Legal Officer Jared Boorer, Senior Legal Officer Justine Clarke, Senior Legal Officer Kathryn Nielson, Legal Officer Michele …
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