R18+ Bill Passes Parliament, Heading for Senate

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The minister for Home Affairs, the Hon. Jason Clare MP, has just announced that the R18+ bill has cleared the lower house of Parliament and is now headed for the Senate. This is great news for gamers everywhere, as well as parents and children - all we can do now is wait to see what the Senate thinks. Read more information at Jason Clare's website.

Read full article by Tim Colwill

[Drakand]

yay!

[Chucky]

Boo!!

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Just kidding...WooT!!!

[lucassot]

Boo!!

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Just kidding...WooT!!!

Scared me for a moment!

[Zombywolf]

almost there!

[wyver]

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it!

[Matty]

[the_blah]

I really hope this gets through, otherwise all hell might brake loose

[Sathias]

The Senate is a formality, Greens control balance of power and support the bill.

[kablekill]

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OMG so ture, I could stop laughing at this tho! But still a few more steps to go.

[Artful-dodgeR]

Awesome news!

[Trixxter]

Cant wait.

[Ralph Wiggum]

I would lurrrve to see who voted against the bill...

[coatsy22]

I would lurrrve to see who voted against the bill...

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say every member of liberal, just to be diametrically opposed for the sake of it. You know. The usual.


It's funny that theres a quote from one of the Americans back when they were drafting their constitution about how the easiest way democracy would be borked would be for there to end up being two diametrically opposed parties who are opposed solely for the sake of being different.

[Elfraddor]

I would lurrrve to see who voted against the bill...

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say every member of liberal, just to be diametrically opposed for the sake of it. You know. The usual.

The like the righty you are (there's a Dilbert punt in there for you) you'd be completely wrong.

http://games.on.net/article/15018/Coalition_Gears_up_to_Support_R18_Games_Bill_Returns_to_Parliament