Allow all globally available video games a classification and sale in Australia; Say No to refused classification Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/allow-all-globally-available-video-games-a-classification-and-sale-in-australia-say-no-to-refused-classification.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 01:22 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr James Miller [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16932605?utm_medium=rss As far as I'm concerned, Australia doesn't have an R rating, instead we've been given what the government must have thought we wanted which was the thrill of owning something with an R rating but refused to give us the one thing we truly want, freedom of choice.
We fought long and hard for this and I'm not going to be happy until we have what we came for, a white R with a black box around it that doesn't mean the classification board can be slightly more relaxed in what they think should be allowed, but rather allow us to play the game the creators intended with no censorship, no content blocks, no reductions and no limits.

]]> Mon, 3 Mar 2014 06:05:33 UTC 16932605 Mr Ray Burge [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15720677?utm_medium=rss Why do we have a R18+ classification if all that is going to happen is they use the definitions from the MA15+. Adults are legally allowed to buy alcohol and adult movies, however when it comes to video entertainment we are censored.

It is ridiculous and many people spent months fighting to get this in. This wasn't what they fought for.

Make this happen..

Z

]]> Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:04:19 UTC 15720677 Mr Andrew Browner [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15704457?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:19:08 UTC 15704457 Anonymous [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15636863?utm_medium=rss the R18+ rating was put in for a reason why not use it.

]]> Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:35:53 UTC 15636863 Tyrone Johnson [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15624296?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Aug 2013 12:58:18 UTC 15624296 Luke Moylan [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15605619?utm_medium=rss The idea of an 18+ classification was to create an society in which adults could appreciate and/or enjoy games with mature themes.

Failing to classify a game is tantamount to removing individual freedoms from Australians' lives.

It seems the Rating Board is either of the opinion that all Australian adults are incredibly stupid and need to be taken care of, or that their sense of morality is superior to the point that they can dictate the experiences and freedoms of other individual adults.

]]> Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:05:14 UTC 15605619 Ben Davey [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15596614?utm_medium=rss I have friends, and we will start riots if that's what it takes.

]]> Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:27:55 UTC 15596614 Matthew Dayne [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15592435?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:09:29 UTC 15592435 dr robin kuther [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15503664?utm_medium=rss better parental control is required not the banning of games that they should not play anyway

]]> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:00:20 UTC 15503664 Mr Anonymous [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15500702?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:45:50 UTC 15500702 Mr Antonio Calabrese [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15500177?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:07:24 UTC 15500177 Aaron Newman [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15487881?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Jul 2013 06:16:15 UTC 15487881 Mr Anonymous [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15487304?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Jul 2013 01:08:05 UTC 15487304 Khyran Pay [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15487301?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Jul 2013 01:07:28 UTC 15487301 Mr Trevor Delicata [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15477804?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Jul 2013 03:46:46 UTC 15477804 Mr Christopher Dennis [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15477112?utm_medium=rss The classification board refusing classification to these games is ridiculous. They are essentially saying 'no this is too naughty for you', what are we children? What is the purpose of having and adult only rating if you are going to refuse to classify games with adult content in them anyway?

]]> Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:40:13 UTC 15477112 Mr Anonymous [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15466742?utm_medium=rss Why should somebody other than myself dictate to me which media i can and cannot enjoy? The fact that censorship still exists baffles me. As an adult, I should be able to enjoy whatever media i choose to enjoy. Here's a little quote "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." Mark Twain.

]]> Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:51:25 UTC 15466742 Mr Matt White [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15463082?utm_medium=rss So I can choose what I do in an R18 game but watching an R18 movie I have no choice and it gets thrust upon me?? Looks like we should start banning movies as well.

]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:13:01 UTC 15463082 Mr Thomas Campton-Smith [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15454686?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:58:25 UTC 15454686 Mr Ben Weldon [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15446997?utm_medium=rss The purpose that the Australian people requested the classification of R18+ was to allow all media that does not fit into the M15+ category into the country for Australian Adults.

]]> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:08:38 UTC 15446997 Sam Perry [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15445262?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:33:08 UTC 15445262 mr matthew starcevic [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15444993?utm_medium=rss What is the point of bringing in an 18+ rating if you will still sensor our entertainment? give us the freedom to make our own decisions and give the freedom off expression back to content producers

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 06:17:06 UTC 15444993 Mr Matthew Ray [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15442642?utm_medium=rss The reason the R18+ rating was so pushed for in video games was to avoid things like this. Enjoyable media such as this being outright banned is appalling in not just the Australian public's eyes, but the worldwide public's as well. Soon a movie will be banned because there was a brief slip of nudity and the public will have NOTHING TO SAY about it. How horrible.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:00 UTC 15442642 Mr Jose Giron [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15442366?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:11:06 UTC 15442366 Mr Domenic Gio [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15442158?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:14:58 UTC 15442158 Mr Jason Haasz [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440741?utm_medium=rss Video Games are no more engaging as tv or movies. RC is a way for the classifications board to keep their uptight morals and refuse artistic or entertaining media from adults. Australians are not idiots and should be allowed the opportunity to view all media. RC should only be classified for very extreme cases of humanly criminal behavior. (example: Child Porn)

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:27:28 UTC 15440741 Mr John Bowrey [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440620?utm_medium=rss We should not be regulated by anything but our own interests and morals.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:42:14 UTC 15440620 Mr Anonymous [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440551?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:20:39 UTC 15440551 Dr Tony Stark [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440548?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:20:01 UTC 15440548 Mathew Hamilton [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440547?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:19:57 UTC 15440547 Craig Maczek [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440328?utm_medium=rss I find it unbelievable that after all the time we fought to get an R18+ Rating for video games in Australia, this kind of thing still happens. It's pathetic, and we will all once again take up arms for this cause.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:55:41 UTC 15440328 Mr Nick Holman [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440057?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:32:07 UTC 15440057 Mr Ben Fulwood [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440014?utm_medium=rss Let us decide for ourselves what is or isn't appropriate.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:21:35 UTC 15440014 Mr Anonymous [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15440003?utm_medium=rss Let us adults make our own decisions. Punish us if we commit a crime, don't punish everyone just in case there is a chance they might commit a crime.
Video games do not cause violence, and banning games for rewarding violence, drug use, or sex, is plain ridiculous. Games have included these for such a long time, why is it suddenly a problem now? If it is so bad, why not create a classification above R18+ so that we can still play games that we love? I want to make my own choices and be punished if I fuck up, not punished before I can make a choice.
I hear that 5 of the 8 people on the ESRB are women over the age of 40 (pardon me if this information is incorrect, however if it is true), this is NOT an accurate representation of the community and and it makes me angry that our laws are determined by prudes stuck in the past.
Perhaps mandating a warning on games to say that they do not condone such behaviour in real life would be adequate, I would be happy with this if it meant that I could still play uncensored games if I choose to.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:20:09 UTC 15440003 Mr Rowan Hamilton [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15439617?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:14:13 UTC 15439617 Mr Everett Frulla [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15438813?utm_medium=rss Free Lil SR4

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 04:02:10 UTC 15438813 Perry Luke [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15438250?utm_medium=rss If a person is a fully grown man, let them act like one. Don't censor this or that because of some drug or sexual violence. It's just a video game! Why do you care about it. It is supposed to be fun and funny. I think you should just stick with the 18+ and not censor it.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:04:08 UTC 15438250 Mr Clarry Sharp [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437512?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:46:05 UTC 15437512 Mr Dylan Floyd [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437497?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:42:17 UTC 15437497 Mr David Blayney [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437275?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:23:43 UTC 15437275 Anonymous [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437263?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:19:52 UTC 15437263 Mr Anonymous [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437246?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:16:43 UTC 15437246 Todd Peters [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437240?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:15:45 UTC 15437240 Gary Bentley [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437232?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:12:17 UTC 15437232 Anonymous [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437223?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:08:21 UTC 15437223 Mr Connor Smith [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437213?utm_medium=rss It's absurd that the Australian government is going to treat every single person like children and tell them what video games they can and can't play. I thought the point of the classification system was so that children wouldn't be able to play it.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:05:15 UTC 15437213 Mr Leon Chong [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437201?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:59:45 UTC 15437201 Mr Jerome Small [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437199?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:59:05 UTC 15437199 Mr Nathaniel Roach [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437186?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:54:42 UTC 15437186 Master Lachlan Holden [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437135?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:37:49 UTC 15437135 Mr Alec Shea [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437126?utm_medium=rss R18+ Games should be available to all adults, keeping this content away from children is the responsibility of the parent.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:34:22 UTC 15437126 Sam Williams [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437119?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:30:16 UTC 15437119 mr Connor Donaldson [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437118?utm_medium=rss Let adults access this content. It says it in the classification legeslation.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:30:01 UTC 15437118 Mr Jeremy Clifford-Howell [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437107?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:25:39 UTC 15437107 Mr Anonymous [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437047?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:08:01 UTC 15437047 Mr Dominic Urban [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15437020?utm_medium=rss I'm not a child, what I play to entertain myself should be up to me. If I think the game crosses a moral boundary I have I can simply not buy the game.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:00:02 UTC 15437020 Mr. Thomas Dutton [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436980?utm_medium=rss The introduction of the R18+ rating was so that material such as this could be brought here. To back up on it now proves that the new rating was aught but an empty promise, and will therefore decrease trust people hold in the Australian ratings commission.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:51:15 UTC 15436980 Andrew Buckley [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436971?utm_medium=rss Treat us like the adults your rating is for.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:48:53 UTC 15436971 Mr Tarun Rajan [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436933?utm_medium=rss Even after implementing an R18 rating classification, Australia still needs to step up their game when dealing with censorship. They need to learn that refusing classifications would be redundant as it would encourage people to turn towards piracy when it comes to downloading games. Likewise, refusal for classification in games would ultimately make the new rating system counterproductive as it does not effectively understand the needs of adult gamers.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:37:53 UTC 15436933 Mr Dan Charles [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436919?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:33:27 UTC 15436919 Leon Pikkert [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436914?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:31:53 UTC 15436914 Mr Andrey Rodionov [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436823?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:08:08 UTC 15436823 Mr Anonymous [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436791?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:54:46 UTC 15436791 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436776?utm_medium=rss This classification board disgusts me. They act as if we're children.

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:51:18 UTC 15436776 Mr Anonymous [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436753?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:42:42 UTC 15436753 Mr Aaron Guy [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436723?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:30:07 UTC 15436723 Mr Wesley Irvine [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436687?utm_medium=rss Gamers in Australia take great pride in the games they play
If gamers are unable to play games that are made for their age group how are they supposed to keep themselves entertained

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:17:55 UTC 15436687 Mr Jason Dobra [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436686?utm_medium=rss i think that saint rows should be released as it is a good game that incorporates stylized humor and violence for compelling story telling . it is not a depiction of real life nor does it try to be a simulation. please do the right thing by your Australian loyal customers

cheers

]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:17:50 UTC 15436686 Mr Jason Clark [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15436601?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:46:54 UTC 15436601