tiagosilva29 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 dogbolter writes:South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, infamous for the banning of R18+ rated games and the censoring of political comment in Australia, has quit. The recent South Australian election provided a massive swing against Atkinson's governing labor party. As a direct result of the South Australian election result, he is standing down. Hopefully someone with half a clue will assume the vacant post and overturn the decision to ban adult oriented computer games. Slashdot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESP Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 But he will still be in parliament until 2014. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/attorney-general-michael-atkinson-to-quit-front-bench/story-fn2sdwup-1225843341005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 PARTY! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 To be clear, he only stepped down from the front bench and his position as SA Attorney General. ?He'll still be in parliament until 2014 as mentioned above however it does mean that once the winner of the election is known definitively, a new AG will have to be chosen and hopefully they'll have a more open stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 But he will still be in parliament until 2014. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/attorney-general-michael-atkinson-to-quit-front-bench/story-fn2sdwup-1225843341005 yeah he'll be a backbencher for another four years. As far as I'm aware he will no longer be the Attorny General but as a result which is all that really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 21, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 21, 2010 While I fear that his replacement will be just as stubborn and ignore what people want, I hope that won't be the case and we'll finally get a unified ratings system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted March 21, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted March 21, 2010 This is a step in the right direction. All we need now is that governments internet filter - aka Steven Conroy - to get hit by a bus and it would all be good. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billus Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 This is a step in the right direction. All we need now is that governments internet filter - aka Steven Conroy - to get hit by a bus and it would all be good. :D That's not funny, you should be ashamed to even have said that. *under the table hi-five!* stupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilterstupidinternetfilter /grumbling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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