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Latest News
The March Small Screen is out now! March 31, 2020
The latest small screen newsletter is available to subscribers here. This edition includes a preview of the new book, Fear in Front of the Screen, the story behind a ruling against Channel 9 and how ACCM's Know Before You Go review service is adapting to the closure of cinemas across read more »
Children, COVID-19 closures and screen time March 26, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our March 24 edition here which includes: Four ways to keep your children entertained while you're at home due to Coronavirus Latest in world news, including a ban on certain app features and advertising aimed at children in the US The latest movie reviews, read more »
March 11 e-bulletin out now! March 10, 2020
Our latest e-bulletin is out now! Read our March 11 edition here which includes: ACCM's submission to the government's classification review Latest in world news, including a ban on food billboards near schools The latest movie reviews, including The Call of the Wild read more »
Editorial: One size does not always fit all March 2, 2020
BRIDGET Fair, chief executive officer of the free-to-air TV industry body Free TV Australia, gained quite a bit of coverage with her media release of February 25 titled 'Free TV Broadcasters welcome greater harmonisation of classification rules'. In this Ms Fair (inset, below) read more »
Change Australia's classification system: reduce children's exposure to glamorised violence February 27, 2020
“The message that ‘violence works and violence wins’ is embedded in many computer games and films played or seen by children and teens, and is causing them harm” says Prof Elizabeth Handsley, President of the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM). “Our classification system provides easy access to read more »
Latest App Reviews
- Jetpack Jump - Jetpack Jump is a basic game of long jump. Reading skills and basic motor skills required. Not suitable under 12 and parental guidance to 16 due to excessive advertising and in-app purchasing, not protected through any parental lock. - No gambling content found in the levels played 14 January 2020
- Kleptocats - KleptoCats is an interactive game with multiple different elements and puzzles. The player must look after the cat, including treating, patting and washing, and sending it out to collect objects in a room. Advanced reading skills and basic motor skills required. Not suitable under 9 and parental guidance recommended to 15 due to in-app purchasing, advertisements and internet connectivity. - No gambling content found in the levels played 5 December 2019
Children and Gambling Watch List
- Latest game with simulated gambling content
- Jetpack Joyride 26 March 2019
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