Links
Australian
Censorship: Protest Sites
Australian Censorship: Regulation
Worldwide Censorship
Film Sites
Religion
Australian Censorship: Protest Sites
The Chopping List
A highly recommended database of movies that have been banned or censored in Australia. As well as OFLC decisions, it includes many titles released cut in Australia because of distributors.
Michael D's R4 DVD Info Page
Great site to keep up to date with all the Region 4 DVD news. Includes a very useful censorship section that covers all the different versions of DVDs
The State of Censorship
Great Australian site that will give you a good history of censorship in this country, as well as all the news concerning the current debate.
Eros Association
In the front line in the battle against censorship in Australia is this Adult Industry body. The website contains a collection of articles, as well as news on the latest restrictions. A subscription to their magazine, The Eros Journal is essential for anyone who wishes to keep up to date with the goings on at the OFLC.
Deception
Established by the Eros Association in 2004. This site aims to help its members defend their business against constant attacks by Christian groups. The site details the hundreds of church clergy who have been perpetrators of sex crime.
voting.org.au
Sponsored by the Eros Association, and established to counter the effect of the Religious Right. The aim of the site is to find out exactly how each politician feels about censorship. All you need to do is register your name, postcode, and e-mail address, and Eros will do the rest. This has the potential to become an important weapon in the fight against censorship in Australia. So get signed up!
I Love Sex
"Tell the pollies to stay out of your bedroom"
Established by the Australian Adult industry to lobby politicians to change the
X-Rated laws. The take action page of the site allows you to send a letter to
the Attorney-General, and your State Premier.
Censorship.Adultshop.com
Online Adult goods store Adultshop.com launched this site in response to the increasing censorship of hardcore films in Australia. The forums offer the opportunity to get your views heard.
Games Censorship Collection
You know about the OFLC and film censorship. Now find out more about their computer game classifications. The site has not been updated in a while, but it provides an excellent resource detailing the early years of games censorship in Australia.
Watch on Censorship
Australian group aiming to spread the word about censorship.
Electronic Frontiers Australia
Another Australian group concerned about the situation we have here. Covers all forms of censorship, with a particular emphasis on internet regulation. Their Stop-Censorship discussion list is well worth joining.
Internet Censorship & Civil Liberties in Australia
Danny Yee's site looks at a variety of censorship issues in Australia.
Somebody Think of the Children!
Australian censorship blog, with a particular focus on internet censorship.
End Censorship in Australia
Another very informative Australian site. Includes some good tips on how to fight censorship.
Australian Privacy Foundation
A site dedicated to protecting the privacy rights of Australians.
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
One of Australia’s leading human rights and civil liberties organisations.
Queensland Council for Civil Liberties
Voluntary organisation concerned with the protection of individual rights and civil liberties.
Victorian Council for Civil Liberties
Liberty Victoria is an independent non-government organisation committed to the defence and extension of human rights and civil liberties.
Australian Censorship: Regulation
Office of Film & Literature Classification
The official OFLC website. Includes a database, which although much improved, is still far from perfect. Check out the BBFC site (see below) to see how it should be done.
South Australian Classification Council
Quite why this useless and unnecessary organisation still exists is a mystery. Despite Australia having a national classification system since January 1996, S.A. still attempts to keep some control. It made the headlines in 2005 when it increased the rating of 9 SONGS from R18+, back up to X18+. Their 2002-2003 Annual Report shows that they had a total of 44 complaints during the year. Maybe those of you in South Australia need to complain why such a Department is still around in your State.
Australian Communications and Media Authority
The ACMA is responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, radiocommunications, telecommunications and online content in Australia. The site contains links to all the various codes that govern these various media.
ARIA Labelling Code of Practice
Details the classification labels used by the Australian Record Industry Association Ltd (ARIA) and the Australian Music Retailers’ Association (AMRA). Contains a link to a list of all the CDs and tapes classified since 1996.
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 4A
Provides details of the law under which customs may confiscate "objectionable goods".
Censorship and Classification in Australia
Part of the Department of the Parliamentary Library, it contains a great overview of Australian Censorship. Of particular interest are the links to all the current legislation. If you want to know the law and how it applies to you in your home State then look no further.
Worldwide Censorship
Melon Farmers' Video Hits
The most comprehensive film censorship site on the web! Naturally it comes from the UK, a country with more than its fair share of problems.
British Board of Film Classification
One of the strictest censorship boards in the Western world has recently revised its guidelines. Despite these changes they still ban and demand cuts of many more films than our own censors. There database of decisions is however vastly superior to the one on the OFLC site.
Worldwide DVD Forums
UK DVD site that also covers film censorship. Includes a forum dedicated to our own OFLC.
DVD Compare
UK site that compares different DVD releases from around the world.
New Zealand Office of Film & Literature Classification
See how it's done across the Tasman. Things seem to be a little more liberal over there, X-Rated tapes for rent in the local Video Ezy. Some titles that have been banned/cut in Australia in the past, have had uncut releases in New Zealand. Unfortunately, due to the small market the vast majority of tapes are imports from Australia, which means they suffer from second hand censorship.
The Film Society of New Zealand
This is an excellent place to start if you wish to learn more about censorship in New Zealand. In the 1970's the Film Society movement was at the forefront of the campaign to achieve censorship reform. Details of which are now reproduced in the wiki on the site.
Gomorrahy.com
Censorship in Canada. Unlike our own highly secretive ACS, the Canadian Customs make public a list of all titles that they have confiscated. Their Quarterly List of Admissible and Prohibited Titles are reproduced here.
Schnittberichte.com
Excellent German language site that compares cut films against uncut versions. There are enough images here to keep English only readers more than occupied.
movie-censorship.com
English language version of Schnittberichte.com. Not as many entries as the German language site, but this is sure to grow. Good for finding the answer to all those R-Rated vs. Unrated vs. Theatrical version vs. Extended Cut vs. Director's Cut, questions that every film now seems to throw up.
Film Sites
Digital Retribution
The site to visit for all Australian Horror, Cult, and Exploitation fans. News, reviews, and a very lively message board.
pre-cert.co.uk
A database of all the video tapes released in the UK up until mid-80's censorship removed them from the shelves. The Australian Pre-Certs section of the forum is the place to discuss all the K&C, King of Video, and Starbase releases we know and love. It now houses a database of over 2000 titles released on video tape in Australia.
Religion
Richard Dawkins.net
Home page of the author of THE
GOD DELUSION.
Buy it now!
Australian Counter-Fundamentalism Movement
Counteracting the negative influence of the Religious Right on Australian social policy.
Beware of the God
Another great site covering the ever-growing threat from the Australian Religious Right. The 'Know Your Politician' section should be required reading before you consider casting your vote.