Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate No. 102, 25 June 2015, p. 2832.

[2]        The inconsistency in this approach was highlighted in the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's 2011 report into classification titled Review of the National Classification Scheme: achieving the right balance, June 2011.

[3]        Intergovernmental Agreement on Censorship, item B.

[4]        Ms Cathy Rainsford, Assistant Secretary, Classification Branch, Department of Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 22 April 2016, p. 9.

[5]        Australian Classification, Classification Board, http://www.classification.gov.au/About/Pages/Classification-Board.aspx (accessed 4 May 2016).

[6]        Australian Classification, Classification Board, http://www.classification.gov.au/About/Pages/Classification-Board.aspx (accessed 4 May 2016).

[7]        Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 2.

[8]        The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 2.

[9]        Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 2.

[10]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 2.

[11]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 3.

[12]      Australian Classification, Classification categories explained, http://www.classification.gov.au/Guidelines/Pages/Guidelines.aspx (accessed 4 May 2016).

[13]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 3.

[14]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 3.

[15]      Ms Cathy Rainsford, Assistant Secretary, Classification Branch, Department of Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 22 April 2016, p. 11.

[16]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Classification Content Regulation and Convergent Media, Report 118, February 2012, Executive Summary, pp 22–23.

[17]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Classification ­ Content Regulation and Convergent Media, Report 118, February 2012, pp 13–14.

[18]      Government response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the National Classification Scheme, 16 August 2012.

[19]      The Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Act 2014 made amendments to the Classification Act in line with ALRC recommendations 6­-3, 7-8, 8-1, 8-2 and 12-3. Australian Law Reform Commission, National Classification Scheme Review, Implementation, http://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/classification/implementation (accessed 3 May 2016).

[20]      Ms Cathy Rainsford, Assistant Secretary, Classification Branch, Department of Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, 22 April 2016, p. 10.

[21]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 3.

[22]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 3.

[23]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 1.

[24]      The Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 151, p. 3.

[25]      The Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 151, p. 3.

[26]      The Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 151, p. 3.

[27]      The Australian Council on Children and the Media, Submission 169, p. 2.

[28]      The Australian Council on Children and the Media, Submission 169, p. 2.

[29]      The Australian Council on Children and the Media, Submission 169, p. 2.

[30]      Australian Government, Australian Classification, Refused Classification (RC), http://www.classification.gov.au/Guidelines/Pages/RC.aspx (accessed 4 May 2016).

[31]      National Classification Code (May 2005).

[32]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, pp 5–6.

[33]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 471, p. 6.

[34]      Mr Michael Noack, Submission 5, p. 1.

[35]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 1.

[36]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 1.

[37]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 1

[38]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 1

[39]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 3.

[40]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 3.

[41]      National LGBTI Health Alliance, Submission 460, p. 2.

[42]      National LGBTI Health Alliance, Submission 460, p. 2.

[43]      National LGBTI Health Alliance, Submission 460, p. 3.

[44]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448.

[45]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448, p. 2.

[46]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Classification ­ Content Regulation and Convergent Media, Report 118, February 2012, p. 14.

[47]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448, p. 2.

[48]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448, p. 4.

[49]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448, p. 5.

[50]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 2.

[51]      The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 2.

[52]      Free TV Australia, Submission 448, p. 2; The Eros Association, Submission 443, p. 2.

[53]      The Eros Association, Submission 443.