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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I noticed this in the section "Does violence in games influence real life violence?" (italics added by me):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Against an R 18+ Classification </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>The Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (<b>SSAA</b>), <i>certain members of WA Parliament (<b>WA Parliamentarians</b>),</i> FamilyVoice Australia (<b>FAVA</b>), Commissioner for Children Tasmania (<b>CCT</b>), Commissioners for Children and Young People and Child Guardians (<b>CCYPCG</b>)</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>3 </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>and the ACCM presented research that points to violence in video games as a source of aggressive and anti-social behaviour amongst game players.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And in the section about "The Interactivity of Games"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Against an R 18+ classification </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Many groups argue that the interactive nature of games distinguishes them from films and other types of media. These groups included <i>WA Parliamentarians….<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pigmi-pigmi.org-bounces@lists.pigmi.org [mailto:pigmi-pigmi.org-bounces@lists.pigmi.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack Casey<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 1 December 2010 3:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> pigmi@pigmi.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PIGMI] R18 Classification Review<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Why doesn't someone do a comparison of violent behaviour of young adult video gamers vs young adult AFL players?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't get why people are trying to prove or disprove that playing a violent game might make you more hyped up and violent for the next hour (duh). When it surely also happens with most any other competitive activity (let's say, paintball?) and no one has any problem with those?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1 December 2010 03:57, Simon Boxer <<a href="mailto:sb@simonboxer.com">sb@simonboxer.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I like that the only age category where more people said 'No' than 'Yes' was 65+.<br><br>Interesting data indeed.<br><br>S<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Cameron Royal <<a href="mailto:cameron@sandboxsoftware.net" target="_blank">cameron@sandboxsoftware.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Was just forwarded this press release from a friend of mine - the introduction of an R18 classification will be discussed next week at an attorney general meeting. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The survey figures are pretty interesting:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/%283A6790B96C927794AF1031D9395C5C20%29%7ER+18plus+status+report.pdf/$file/R+18plus+status+report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(3A6790B96C927794AF1031D9395C5C20)~R+18plus+status+report.pdf/$file/R+18plus+status+report.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cam<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Sent:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'> Wednesday, 1 December 2010 9:52 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> O'CONNOR: R18+ computer game classification review released [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>UNCLASSIFIED</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=106 height=78 src="" align=left hspace=12 alt="large crest" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>THE HON BRENDANCONNOR MP</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MEDIA RELEASE</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, 1 December 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R18+ computer game classification review released</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan Connor today released a review of existing research into whether people who play violent computer games are at greater risk of being aggressive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This analysis of the available literature shows that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>there is no conclusive evidence that violent computer games have a greater impact on players than other violent media, such as movies or music videos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>there is stronger evidence of short-term effects from violent computer games, than long-term effects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>some research finds that violent computer games are a small risk factor in aggressive behaviour over the short term, but these studies do not thoroughly explore other factors such as aggressive personality, family and peer influence and socio-economic status.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The introduction of an R18+ classification for video games will be discussed at the Standing Committee of AttorneGeneral meeting in Canberra on Friday 10 December.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The literature review is available at <a href="http://www.ag.gov.au/gamesclassification" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0658B5'>www.ag.gov.au/gamesclassification</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p 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