Report of the Joint Select Committee on Video Material, April 1988

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Australia. Parliament. Joint Select Committee on Video Material
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Report of the Joint Select Committee ON VIDEO MATERIAL 1
REPORT OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON VIDEO MATERIAL 3
CONTENTS 7
TERMS OF REFERENCE 13
ABBREVIATIONS 17
DISSENTS AND COMMENT 19
SECTION I OF DISSENTING REPORT GENERAL INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 GENERAL APPROACH OF THE COMMITTEE 33
CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND TO THE INQUIRY 43
CHAPTER 3 THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION: 'VIOLENT, PORNOGRAPHIC OR OTHERWISE OBSCENE MATERIAL' 55
CHAPTER 4 VALUES AND PERSPECTIVES 79
SECTION II THE CURRENT LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS CHAPTER 5 CURRENT COMMONWEALTH LAWS 97
CHAPTER 6 THE LEGISLATION IN THE STATES 115
CHAPTER 7 THE FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD AND THE FILMS BOARD OF REVIEW 137
SECTION III VIDEOS - THE PRODUCT, INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION AND VENUES CHAPTER 8 THE PRODUCT 153
CHAPTER 9 THE VIDEO INDUSTRY 165
CHAPTER 10 IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY 189
CHAPTER 11 AUSTRALIAN FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION 199
CHAPTER 12 ADULT CINEMAS 207
SECTION IV ISSUES CHAPTER 13 VIDEO CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION 215
CHAPTER 14 HARM AND VIDEO MATERIAL 225
CHAPTER 15 ACCESS OF MINORS 267
CHAPTER 16 PUBLIC ATTITUDES 283
CHAPTER 17 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT COMMONWEALTH LAWS 299
SECTION V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHAPTER 18 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 327
Appendix 1 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE PARLIAMENT AND ACTS PERTINENT TO THESE POWERS 345
Appendix 2 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA: LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE PARLIAMENT AND ACTS PERTINENT TO THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 349
Appendix 3 COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION 353
Appendix 4 AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE Offensive Publications and Goods Administrative Arrangements July 1986 429
Appendix 5 FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES FOR CLASSIFICATION OF VIDEOTAPES/DISCS FOR SALE/HIRE DECEMBER 1984 437
Appendix 6 A REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO CATEGORY I MATERIAL 451
Appendix 7 THEORIES RELEVANT TO THE PORNOGRAPHY ISSUE 455
Appendix 8 THE RELEVANCE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE 465
Appendix 9 SUBMISSION NO. 693 475
Appendix 10 MEMBERS OF THE FILMS BOARD OF REVIEW - JANUARY 1988 533
Appendix 11 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 537
Appendix 12 SUMMARY OF VIDEOTAPE CLASSIFICATION LEGISLATION IN AUSTRALIA 543

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