Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 26—27 March 2014, p. 741.

[2]        The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/senate_legalcon.

[3]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Interim Report: Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014, 27 May 2014, p. 1.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2.

[5]        'National Classification Scheme', available at www.classification.gov.au/About/Pages/National-Classification-Scheme.aspx (accessed 29 July 2014).

[6]        The Minister for Justice, the Hon Michael Keenan MP, available at www.ministerjustice.gov.au/ (accessed 14 August 2014).

[7]        'Classification Code', available at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013C00006  (accessed 9 August 2014).

[8]        'National Classification Scheme', available at www.classification.gov.au/About/Pages/National-Classification-Scheme.aspx (accessed 7 August 2014).

[9]        The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2014, p. 2383.

[10]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2014, p. 2383.

[11]      ALRC, Classification—Content Regulation and Convergent Media, available at www.alrc.gov.au/publications/classification-content-regulation-and-convergent-media-alrc-report-118 (accessed 6 August 2014).

[12]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 March 2014, p. 2383.

[13]      EM, p. 3.

[14]      EM, p. 13.

[15]      EM, p. 13.

[16]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 2.

[17]      'About IARC', available at www.globalratings.com/about.aspx (accessed 8 August 2014).

[18]      These countries include the USA, Canada, Brazil and Germany, as well as the 31 member countries of the Pan European Game Information (PEGI).

[19]      Netherlands Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media (NICAM), Kijkwijzer: An overview and account of the various principles underlying Kijkwijzer, available at www.kijkwijzer.nl/upload/zijbalk2/50_NICAMkijkwijzerGB_02_Overview.pdf (accessed 8 August 2014.)

[20]      See Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM), Submission 13, p. 3.

[21]      EM, p. 17.

[22]      EM, p. 17.

[23]      EM, p. 19.

[24]      EM, p. 19.

[25]      EM, p. 28.

[26]      EM, pp 28–32.

[27]      EM, pp 33–34.

[28]      EM, p. 34.

[29]      EM, pp 35–46.

[30]      EM, p. 47.

[31]      EM, p. 2.

[32]      EM, p. 3.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Submission 5, p. 3. Note also that the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) and the National Association of Cinema Operators – Australasia (NACO) both made submissions explicitly supporting the views expressed by AHEDA. See Submission 6 and Submission 14 respectively.

[3]        Submission 11, p. 1.

[4]        Submission 8, p. 2.

[5]        For example see: AHEDA, Submission 5, p. 4; IGEA, Submission 4, p. 2; Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and the Communications Alliance, Submission 15, p. 1.

[6]        Family Voice Australia, Submission 2, p. 3; Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 10, p. 2.

[7]        Submission 10, p. 2.

[8]        Submission 12, pp 3–5.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 4.

[10]      Submission 13, p. 3.

[11]      Mr Zahid Gamieldien, Senior Legal Officer, Classification Branch, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 26.

[12]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, pp 21-22.

[14]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[15]      Submission 17, pp 3-4.

[16]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[17]      Mr Gamieldien, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 26.

[18]      Mr Stephen Sanders, Acting Assistant Secretary, Classification Branch, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 26.

[19]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 6.

[20]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[21]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 2.

[22]      Mr Gamieldien, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 28.

[23]      Submission 4, p. 5.

[24]      Submission 10, p. 2.

[25]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[26]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[27]      Mr Gamieldien, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 28.

[28]      See for example: the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association and the Game Developers’ Association of Australia, Submission 4; MPDAA, Submission 5; AHEDA, Submission 6; and Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 17.

[29]      Submission 12, p. 4.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 2.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 19.

[32]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 3.

[33]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[34]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 5.

[35]      Mr Sanders, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 28 July 2014, p. 24. See also: Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions on notice, received 11 August 2014, p. 6.