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[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|thumb|right|200px|The Flag of Australia]] | [[Image:Flag of Australia.png|thumb|right|200px|The Flag of Australia]] | ||
'''Australia''' is a country in the southern hemisphere, a neighbour to [[New Zealand]]. | '''[[wp:Australia|Australia]]''' is a country in the southern hemisphere, a neighbour to [[New Zealand]]. | ||
The country's [[OFLC]] provides the age classification of all media in the country, including [[Grand Theft Auto]] releases. The majority of the GTA series is rated MA15+, however some editions of the games have drawn the RC rating ("Refused Classification"). [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] was famously re-rated after the [[Hot Coffee]] debacle, the OFLC changing its original MA15+ rating to RC. The re-release of San Andreas saw it obtain the the MA15+ rating again, after the Hot Coffee material was edited out. Australia has a different version of [[GTA IV]] to the rest of the world. | The country's [[OFLC]] provides the age classification of all media in the country, including [[Grand Theft Auto]] releases. The majority of the GTA series is rated MA15+, however some editions of the games have drawn the RC rating ("Refused Classification"). [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] was famously re-rated after the [[Hot Coffee]] debacle, the OFLC changing its original MA15+ rating to RC. The re-release of San Andreas saw it obtain the the MA15+ rating again, after the Hot Coffee material was edited out. Australia has a different version of [[GTA IV]] to the rest of the world. | ||
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Note that the OFLC do not decide ratings policy, but merely enforce it -- changes to the classification system, such as providing an 18+ rating for games, must be authorised with a unanimous vote from all state attorneys-general. Attorney General [http://www.agd.sa.gov.au/about_us/ministers.php Michael Atkinson] of South Australia is the lone dissenting vote regarding an 18+ category for video games. | Note that the OFLC do not decide ratings policy, but merely enforce it -- changes to the classification system, such as providing an 18+ rating for games, must be authorised with a unanimous vote from all state attorneys-general. Attorney General [http://www.agd.sa.gov.au/about_us/ministers.php Michael Atkinson] of South Australia is the lone dissenting vote regarding an 18+ category for video games. | ||
==Australia within the Grand Theft Auto games== | ==Australia within the Grand Theft Auto games== | ||
Within the [[GTA III era]] games, references are made to a war between the [[United States]] and Australia, usually in [[Ammu-Nation]] commercials and radio shows. It can be presumed that Australia lost the war -- San Andreas Ammu-Nation promotions mention weapons "from when we whooped Australia's ass", and an adoption service commercial in GTA IV mentions "...an Australian baby which loves to play war but always loses." | Within the [[GTA III era]] games, references are made to a war between the [[United States]] and Australia, usually in [[Ammu-Nation]] commercials and radio shows. It can be presumed that Australia lost the war -- San Andreas Ammu-Nation promotions mention weapons "from when we whooped Australia's ass", and an adoption service commercial in GTA IV mentions "...an Australian baby which loves to play war but always loses." | ||
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