So the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General is considering an R18+ classification for games again in July. There’s some new draft Guidelines available on the Commonwealth’s classification website. It’s worth a read.

Essentially it proposes rather stricter restrictions than for movies, because of the higher level of interactivity of computer ( Read more... )

So, the “Say Yes” campaign seems basically like a good idea. And there’s a cute ad.

But as much as most of us are just over this whole climate science “debate” there are still quite a few people out there that need convincing about the state of the science. Which I can sort of understand given the lies and crappy communication that’s gone on over ( Read more... )

It’s not often that I actually agree with Catherine Deveny, but she’s summed this one up quite well.

For those who are unfamiliar, Slutwalk started in Toronto, Canada, on January 24 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police Force advised a group of university students that: “ women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”. ( Read more... )