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Films that are banned in Australia have been considered to be offensive against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by "reasonable adults" to the extent that they should not be classified.
Films can be banned by the Australian Classification Board if they "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified", "describe or depict in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 (whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)", or "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence". Additionally, the RC classification is mandatory for any classifiable work that advocates the commission of a terrorist act under section 9A of the Classification Act of 1995.
Films that are banned by the Australian Classification Board are labelled "Refused Classification" (RC) and the sale, distribution, public exhibition and/or importation of RC material is a criminal offense punishable by a fine up to A$275,000 and/or up to 10 years imprisonment. Personal ownership of banned films is legal (except in Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and/or if they contain illegal content), and it is legal to access them via the internet. Such penalties do not apply to individuals, but rather individuals responsible for and/or corporations distributing or exhibiting such films to a wider audience.
refused-classification.com
— site with a frequently updated and far more comprehensive list of films and other media refused classification
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Rationale for banning
Films that are banned in Australia have been considered to be offensive against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by "reasonable adults" to the extent that they should not be classified.
Films can be banned by the Australian Classification Board if they "depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified", "describe or depict in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 (whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)", or "promote, incite or instruct in matters of crime or violence". Additionally, the RC classification is mandatory for any classifiable work that advocates the commission of a terrorist act under section 9A of the Classification Act of 1995.
Films that are banned by the Australian Classification Board are labelled "Refused Classification" (RC) and the sale, distribution, public exhibition and/or importation of RC material is a criminal offense punishable by a fine up to A$275,000 and/or up to 10 years imprisonment. Personal ownership of banned films is legal (except in Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and/or if they contain illegal content), and it is legal to access them via the internet. Such penalties do not apply to individuals, but rather individuals responsible for and/or corporations distributing or exhibiting such films to a wider audience.
Banned films
See also
* List of banned films *Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ...
* Film censorship
* Bushranger ban
External links
refused-classification.com
— site with a frequently updated and far more comprehensive list of films and other media refused classification
References
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Australia
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Banned
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