Australian Federal Attorney General’s Department to prepare report on public consultation into R18+ for games; Minister lauds “high level of interest.” Australians, it seems, are more than a little interested in the issue of video game classification. Figures released yesterday by the Federal Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor show that more than 55,000 submissions were received into the recently completed public submission process on whether Australia should introduce an R18+ rating for games, with the Minister stating that the large response rate indicated a “high level of interest in this issue in the Australian community.” Most Aussies have shown support for R18+ so far. The last time Australia’s federal government revealed the response rate into the public consultation process back at the start of February, only 6,000 had been received
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PlayStation 3 | More than 55,000 R18+ submissions received
