Censorship Links
Australian Anti-Censorship Sites
Media Censorship in Australia: Film, TV, print, games, and internet media censorship news.
The Chopping List: Details of films that have been cut or banned.
Australia Movie And TV Censorship: YouTube channel that documents the cuts made to films on Australian TV
The Australian Sex Party: Fighting censorship and keeping religion out of politics.
Eros: Lobby group for Australian adult industry.
Brendan's Nonsense: Brendan Molloy's blog includes his FOI requests for Classification Board information.
Michael D's R4 DVD Info Page: R4 DVD reviews, with censorship details.
Libertus.net: Australian censorship history, as well as all the news concerning the current debate.
Games Censorship Collection: The early days of games censorship in Australia.
Electronic Frontiers Australia: National organisation representing internet users concerned with on-line freedoms and rights.
Australian Internet Filtering Wiki: Internet censorship history and news.
nocensorshipaus: YouTube channel of videos documenting or related to the state of censorship in Australia.
Somebody Think of the Children!: Censorship blog, with a particular focus on internet filtering.
Internet Censorship and Civil Liberties in Australia: Danny Yee's site covers a variety of censorship issues.
Banned in Australia: Federal publications censorship from 1901 to 1973.
Banned: A blog that highlights banned books on display at the National Archives in Canberra.
Banned Books in Australia: Exhibition of banned books that was held at the University of Melbourne.
Civil Liberties Australia: Monitoring the police, security forces, and the actions and inaction of politicians.
NSW Council of Civil Liberties: One of Australia’s leading human rights and civil liberties organisations.
Queensland Council for Civil Liberties: Organisation concerned with the protection of individual rights and civil liberties
Liberty Victoria: Working to defend and extend human rights and freedoms in Victoria.
Australian Censorship and Regulation Sites
The Classification Website: The Australian Government's home of censorship. Replaced the OFLC in July 2007.
South Australian Classification Council: An unnecessary layer of censorship from the most conservative State.
Standing Council on Law and Justice (SCLJ): The twice-yearly meetings of the State Censorship Ministers.Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA): Regulation of TV, radio, and online content.
Advertising Standards Bureau: Self-regulatory body for advertising complaints.
ARIA Labelling Code of Practice: Classification labels for music.
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 4A: The law under which customs will take your films, games, and books.
Worldwide Censorship Sites
Melon Farmers: UK site covering worldwide censorship.
British Board of Film Classification: The UK censorship body.
Worldwide DVD Censorship Forum: Film censorship forums covering the BBFC and the MPAA.
DVD Compare: DVD and Blu-ray releases compared from around the world.New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification: The New Zealand censorship body. The only OFLC that remains.
The Film Society of New Zealand: Includes a history of film censorship in New Zealand.
Movie-Censorship: Uncut vs. Cut versions of films compared.
Schnittberichte: Uncut vs. Cut versions of films compared. German language.
Censored Gaming: YouTube channel covering video game censorship.
Film Sites
John Reid Vintage Movie Memorabilia: The most comprehensive source of Original Movie Memorabilia in Australia
Digital Retribution: Site for Australian fans of horror, cult, and exploitation.
Technicolour Yawn: Melbourne movie-going during the R-rated years of 1970-1984.
Pre-Certification Video: Video releases from around the world. Includes an Australian tape database and forum.
Australian Vintage Video: Facebook group dedicated to tape collecting.
Phantom of Pulp: Blog of Australian Director Mark Savage. See Enid Blyton and Guy N. Smith side-by-side.
Not Suitable for General Exhibition: Movie poster forum that sometimes covers early Australian film censorship.
Vintage Movie Posters Forum: Poster discussion that also includes Australian film distribution and censorship.
Accent Film Entertainment: Released IRREVERSIBLE, 9 SONGS, and A SERBIAN FILM to the Australian market.
Monster Pictures: Released THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2, and had HANGER and FATHER'S DAY banned.
Siren Visual Entertainment: Released CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST in Australia. Say no more!
Umbrella Entertainment: Released a number of previously banned titles on DVD such as FACES OF DEATH and MANIAC.