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	Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) — StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki
		The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a statutory classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Board which classified films, video games and publications in Australia, and the Classification Review Board which reviews films, computer games and publications when a valid application has been made.
		Currently there is no predetermined marking for exempt films and computer games [1], although it is advised that films and computer games that are exempt may display “This film /computer game is exempt from classification”.
		Film classification is mandatory, and movies that are refused classification by the OFLC are banned for sale, hire, public exhibition or importation into Australia.
	strategywiki.org /wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_(Australia) (871 words)

	Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
		This classification is usually granted to (and not limited to) educational content such as documentaries, concerts, fitness programmes, educational software and non-violent sporting events.
		Films rated X18+ are currently legally available for purchase in only the ACT and the Northern Territory.
		Classification is mandatory, and movies that are refused classification by the OFLC are banned for sale, hire, public exhibition or importation into Australia.
	pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_(Australia) (981 words)

	eFilmCritic - Of Black Centaurettes, Twin Towers, and Political Correctness: The Question of Censorship.
		Her third starring film, "Belle of the Nineties", was the first to be heavily censored, and the result was that the film was tamer than her previous vehicles, although there was enough piquancy left in it to create opposition to the film.
		The British Board of Film Classification, in contrast, asked for the advice of a Queen's Counsel regarding whether "Fat Girl" violated the Protection of Children Act of 1978, and finally approved the film uncut based of the QC's belief that the film was not "indecent".
		Film theory is probably the worst addition to film criticism (because of the constant desire to review all films according to one theoretical framework), and film school graduates are only too eager to demonstrate that they know better than the rest of the movie-going public on it.
	www.efilmcritic.com /feature.php?feature=471 (7994 words)

	Creation of a R18+ Category in the Classification of Video Games in Australia Petition
		The Australian Office of Film & Literature Classification’s Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games states that “adults should be able to read, hear and see what they want”, yet in regard to video games in Australia, this is not the case.
		Indeed, in November 2001 the R18+ classification for films celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in Australia.
		Australia has already gained a reputation among the international electronic community as being particularly oppressive when it comes to the classification and censorship of electronic interactive media.
	www.petitiononline.com /oflcr18/petition.html (719 words)

	Australian Gamer Feature :: EXCLUSIVE: Hot Coffee and the OFLC
		Revocation of a classification means the computer game cannot be legally sold, hired, advertised or exhibited in Australia from the date the decision is made (29 July 2005).
		Without an application for classification being made for the game containing that content, it is inappropriate to comment on the classification outcome.
		It is a restricted classification and cannot be sold or hired to people aged under 15 unless they are accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.
	www.australiangamer.com /feature/48/exclusive_hot_coffee_and_the_oflc.html (1156 words)

	Classifying Censorship, feature article - In Film Australia
		The concept of censorship has been around for centuries and the current body monitoring Australian eyes and ears is the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
		The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (my italics) is the local body which wields the power to suppress any commercially obtainable work of art in any media.
		His films may not be palatable – I myself flinched many times during Ken Park – but they are documents of our times, and his material is based (however loosely) upon real life, which is often unpalatable and offensive.
	www.infilm.com.au /features/censorship.htm (1056 words)

	wintersun.org - End censorship in Australia
		Freedom of expression in Australia is under threat from increasingly intrusive censorship.
		Australia is particularly vulnerable amongst Western liberal democracies because it has no constitutional or legislative protections for freedom of expression.
		The Office of Film and Literature Classification: Australia's censors.
	wintersun.org /censorship (706 words)

	Reservoir Dogs Game banned from Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification gave the film version a rating of R18, restricted for those under the age of 18, but video games ratings only go to MA15+, restricted for those under the age of 15.
		Not having classification, unless under certain rules of exemption, effectively bans a game from sale throughout the country.
		As written in 1973 by the Attorney General of Australia (5th paragraph -- pdf file), "adults should be entitled to read, hear and view what they wish in private and public," provided others are not forced to view offensive material.
	www.cgdf.org /_private/rdogsbanned.htm (239 words)

	R-rated computer games ban to stay - theage.com.au
		At present, these games are banned by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) because the video-game classification system only goes up to MA - available to purchasers over the age of 15.
		This classification only allows medium-intensity violence, "crude" language and sexual references, and games exceeding these limits are refused classification.
		The attorneys-general met in Fremantle, Western Australia, until late last night, but Mr Williams' spokeswoman said it was his intention to oppose the scheme because of concerns that violence in interactive games had a greater influence on behaviour than violence in films.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/11/07/1036308422568.html (506 words)

	Reality shock - theage.com.au
		The film has not been classified by the Office of Film and Literature Classification in Australia; as it will be showing as part of a film festival it has been exempted from requiring a rating.
		Apparently some were casualties of the film’s first half hour, in which a man in a gay S & M club is bludgeoned to a bloody pulp with a fire extinguisher.
		In the 1983 film adaptation of Harold Pinter's play Betrayal - which deals with a woman's affair with her husband's best friend - the entire story is told from the husband's point of view, with the scenes in reverse chronological order.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/02/1046540066186.html (1392 words)

	Australia: Police block protest screening of banned film
		The film deals with the themes of teenage alienation, loneliness and abuse and is currently on general release throughout Europe and America.
		Film critic David Stratton challenged the censorship of Ken Park, saying: “We are being lied to by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
		Barnaby Norris, a film student at the University of Technology Sydney, said he attended the meeting “as a show of solidarity, to support the movement and the sentiments that have been expressed here tonight”.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/balm-j10.shtml (1415 words)

	boxoffice.com®: the business of movies™ AIMC 2000: THE AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE CONVENTION (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to Clarke, the state-run Classification Office is hoping to secure "greater community support" in its efforts to give each big-screen film a rating acceptable to the majority of the population.
		Currently, the Office is holding test screenings in various areas throughout the country, where the panel of viewers provides the agency with feedback regarding the product as well as their own choices as to how a particular film should be classified.
		Weak points in the film tend to be when it apes elements of previously released, big-budget Apollo mission pics, including an overdone, unrelenting musical score and an attempt to inspire emotions that never quite come to fruition.
	www.boxoffice.com /shows/aimc/aimc2000/aimc2000_1click.html (2695 words)

	Xbox.com \| AU Support - OFLC - Game Ratings
		Ratings are determined by the Office of Film and Literature (OFLC).
		The Office of Film and Literature Classification is the Australian Government agency that administers the national classification scheme for all films, computer games and submittable publications that are exhibited, sold or hired in Australia.
		Classification Board members are selected to broadly represent the people of Australia.
	www.xbox.com /en-AU/support/familycentre/oflc.htm (340 words)

	Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) letter to EFA - July 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I refer to your application dated 23 April 1998 under section 13 of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 ("the Act") for the classification of the Full Federal Court Judgement in Brown and Others v Classification Review Board.
		You may wish to seek a Court ruling that undertaking the classification exercise is within the power of the Classification Board and would not be a contempt of court.
		However, in the absence of such a ruling, the Board declines to act on the classification application.
	www.efa.org.au /Issues/Censor/oflc9807.html (205 words)

	Un-ban Postal 2 In Australia Petition
		I think that Postal 2 should not be banned, because the people who are going to sensibly play the game, and not go onto the streets and copy what they have seen, are the ones being punished.
		Australia thinks that Postal 2 should be rated "R18+", and as they only allow games up to "MA15+" it is banned, regardless of the fact it is rated "M" in USA.
		The Un-ban Postal 2 In Australia Petition to Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification was created by and written by Rebekah Cooke (rebekahcooke@optusnet.com.au).
	www.petitiononline.com /p2inAUS/petition.html (246 words)

	Games Censorship Collection - Resources - Government Publications (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The most influential literature that is relevant to the Australian computer games censorship issues topic has been created by the various Governments of this country and their agencies.
		The Classification Bill that was to result in massive changes to Australia's overall censorship system, including the institution of censorship for computer games, received bipartisan support during debates in the House of Representatives.
		Although the document states clearly that the OFLC believed both scenes to be contextually justified, the ban was made in full accordance with the computer games censorship guidelines that do not allow contextual considerations to be taken into account in their blanket ban on depicting all forms of non-educational simulated sexual activity.
	anthonylarme.tripod.com /gc/gcrgovt.html (1973 words)

	Narc Banned in Australia
		The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) have refused classification (RC) on the game, meaning it will be illegal to sell in Australia.
		A seven-member panel of the Classification Board determined, in a majority 6 to 1 decision, that Narc be refused classification.
		Unlike films which have an R rating for over 18s, the highest rating for computer games in Australia is MA15+.
	www.fradical.com /Narc_banned_in_Australia.htm (193 words)

	Australia Using Law to Go After Objectionable Sites
		ERTH, Australia -- Australian legislation intended to restrict access to online pornography took effect on Jan. 1, and, slowly but surely, Web pages that officials deem objectionable are disappearing from their Australian Internet hosts.
		If the content is deemed objectionable, according to guidelines from Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification, the broadcast authority will order Australian pages taken down.
		Electronic Frontiers Australia, an electronic civil liberties organization, demonstrated how to circumvent the law by moving its site to the United States under the same URL, or domain name.
	old.law.columbia.edu /CPC/archive/decency/19australia.html (1029 words)

	The Office of Film & Literature Classification
		Requirements for advertising an unclassified film explains the requirements for the advertising of unclassified films for public exhibition that have been granted an advertising approval.
		Fees for classification explains the fee structure, how it was developed and where you can find new information about fees.
		Classification markings (ratings) artwork explains the classification markings and how they should be applied to products, packaging and advertising by the entertainment industry.
	www.oflc.gov.au (156 words)

	MAGIC - Children's British Board of Film Classification
		The website is about film classification in the UK, yet we have received constructive feedback from children and adults around the world, who are interested in this subject and in films in general.
		It is vital that children are provided with opportunities to voice their opinions, not just on film classification, but on everything that affects their lives.
		BBFC Film Examiners need to remain in constant touch with the viewers for whom we classify, and yet it is so easy to forget the younger age group.
	www.unicef.org /magic/bank/case037.html (1555 words)

	New look for Australia's game rating system // GamesIndustry.biz
		Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification has introduced a new colour-coded system to make the age ratings featured on games and DVD packaging clearer for consumers.
		Attorney General Philip Ruddock, who approved the classification review by the OFLC and government censorship ministers, defended the decision not to introduce a new rating on the grounds that it would be too difficult to ensure minors did not get access to 18+ games.
		OFLC director Des Clark added: "The actual content and the classifications haven't changed because we've been testing the standards that the community is comfortable with in terms of classification.
	www.gamesindustry.biz /content_page.php?aid=9336 (297 words)

	Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By contrast, the classifications below are legally restricted--i.e., it is illegal to sell or exhibit materials so classified to a person younger than the respective age limit.
		Games refused classification can, of course, be edited and resubmitted by their developers to gain an MA15+ rating.
		Films which are very high in impact and/or are more sexually explicit than what the R18+ or X18+ ratings allow are Refused Classification by the OFLC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_(Australia) (1035 words)

	Midway's NARC banned from sale in Australia // GamesIndustry.biz
		Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has refused to grant classification for Midway's latest action title NARC, effectively banning the game from sale in the region.
		NARC is a third-person shooter that lets players take on the role of a police operative battling to end the war on drugs - but controversially, allows the player to go down the route of becoming a drug user themselves.
		This has caused some Australian gamers to call for an overhaul of the ratings system - at present the highest classification that can be awarded to games in Australia is 15+, and many feel an 18 certificate should be introduced.
	www.gamesindustry.biz /content_page.php?aid=8000 (396 words)

	The World Today - Video art under scrutiny from Office of Film, Literature Classification
		The Office of Film and Literature Classification, has recently been paying more attention to video art, arguing that it should be submitted for classification before being shown to the public.
		LIZ FOSCHIA: Des Clark is the Director of the Office of Film and Literature Classification and says video art fits very much into the definition of film in its legislation.
		DES CLARK: There is a requirement that all film should be classified or should have an exemption and that fits very much with video that's shown in art galleries.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2005/s1391803.htm (755 words)

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