5 December 2018 News Classification review announced for the film Bumblebee The Classification Review Board has received an application to review the classification of the film Bumblebee.
23 August 2018 News Recruitment—Deputy Director, Classification Board The Department of Communications and the Arts has commenced a recruitment process for the role of the Deputy Director of the Classification Board located in Sydney.
23 August 2018 News Recruitment—Review Board Members—several positions—Classification Review Board The Department of Communications and the Arts has commenced a recruitment process for several positions as Members of the Classification Review Board.
3 July 2018 News We Happy Few classified R 18+ upon review A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the computer game We Happy Few is classified R 18+ (Restricted) with the consumer advice 'Fantasy violence and interactive drug use'.
26 June 2018 News Classification review announced for the computer game We Happy Few The Classification Review Board has received an application to review the classification of the computer game We Happy Few.
28 February 2018 News Response to the News.com.au article ‘News.com.au forced to remove Islamic State article after Classification Board decision, sparking censorship concerns’ and Adjudication 1732 by the Australian Press Council An article published on the website News.com.au on 28 February 2018 (7:41am) by Charis Chang claims that the Classification Board has, for what appears to be the first time, ‘taken the
25 January 2018 News Modifications of films—new exceptions come into effect The Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Modifications of Films) Instrument 2015 was amended on 25 January 2018. This means that the rules for when a modified film needs to be submitted for classification have changed.
12 December 2017 News The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature classified G upon review A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the film The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is classified G (General) with the consumer advice 'Some scenes may scare young children'.
20 October 2017 News Jigsaw classified MA 15+ upon review A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the film Jigsaw is classified MA 15+ (Mature Accompanied) with the consumer advice 'Strong themes and strong horror violence'.
19 October 2017 News Classification of the film Tom of Finland and allegations that the Classification Board is “homophobic” An opinion article published on the website Flicks.com.au on 17 October 2017 by Luke Buckmaster claims that the Classification Board is “homophobic” for classifying the film Tom of Fin
5 October 2017 News Employment opportunity—Director of the Classification Board The Department of Communications and the Arts has commenced a recruitment process for the position of Director of the Classification Board.
18 September 2017 News Labiaplasty: Understanding why women have cosmetic surgery on their vulva The article Labiaplasty: Understanding why women have cosmetic surgery on their vulva published on the ABC news website on Thursday 7 September 2017 suggests that women’s genitals are airb
14 September 2017 News Sydney Underground Film Festival—Playground and Kuso The article Classification Board permits Sydney festival to show movie depicting children killing a toddler on page 8 of the Sydney Morning Herald on 13 September 2017 implies that the fil
4 August 2017 News Vaxxed: from cover - up to catastrophe The article Cinema Chain lets anti-vax film show on page 6 of The Australian, 4 August 2017, implies that the film Vaxxed: from cover-up to catastrophe has been banned by the Australian Classificat
14 July 2017 News Super Mario Odyssey There is some commentary about the classification of Super Mario Odyssey on Gamezone...
21 February 2017 News Classification fee review The Department of Communications and the Arts is conducting a review of the fees charged for classification services, including the provision of classification training.
25 January 2017 News Split classified M upon review A three-member panel of the Classification Review Board has unanimously determined that the film Split is classified M (Mature) with the consumer advice 'Mature themes, violence and occasional coarse language'.
13 January 2017 News IARC classification tool approved The Minister for Communications has approved the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) tool for ongoing use in Australia following the successful completion of a 12-month pilot.