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 |medium=Video Games
 |date_of_action=1994-2012
-|description_of_content=The rise in violent video games in Australia gave way to strict limitations placed upon the video games allowed in the country. Because ratings are mandated at a federal level in Australia, this allowed the government to outright ban certain games from the country.
+|description_of_incident=The rise in violent video games in Australia gave way to strict limitations placed upon the video games allowed in the country. Because ratings are mandated at a federal level in Australia, this allowed the government to outright ban certain games from the country. Video games were rated by the same classification system as films by the Australian Classification Board. The system went as follows:
-|description_of_incident=Video games were rated by the same classification system as films by the Australian Classification Board. The system went as follows:
 E (Exempt) - Exempt from classification. Generally applied to educational games or games where potentially offending material cannot be controlled by the developers (such as in certain multiplayer games).