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Australian Classification Board Wants iPhone Game Ratings
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — The Australian Classification Board has expressed concern that there are no existing laws governing the rating of mobile applications. While Apple currently controls what is made available through the App store for iPhone and iPod touch, the Australian Classification Board would like to "apply the National Classification Code, the Classification Act, and the Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer" to mobile applications, reports iTnews ."I recently wrote to the [Commonwealth Censorship] minister regarding my concern that some so-called mobile phone ...

Australia's OFLC wants to classify iPhone, mobile games
Joystiq — ... Australia's Censorship Classification Board wants to rate games released on iPhone and other mobile devices. iTnews reports that Donald McDonald (really?), director of the OFLC, sent a letter to the "commonwealth censorship ...

Australia Wants To Rate iPhone Apps, Mobile Phone Games [Where Is Luke]
Kotaku — ... Donald McDonald, Australia's Classification Board director. This is following on the heel's of the American Entertainment Software Rating Board, which asked Apple to use its classification for iPhone games. The ESA stated it would like the App Store to carry ratings as well. With the iPhone becoming a gaming platform in its own like, competing with the PSP and the DS, ratings only seem fair — to level the playing field. But what's next? Rating flash games? Classification board seeks to censor iPhone apps - Software - Technology - News [iTnews.com.au ...

Australia May See iPhone Game Ratings
Inside Social Games — ... There are more than 80,000 applications available within Apple’s iTunes store. While games that make it in do go through an approval process, the occasional undeserving title makes it through. As such, the Australian Classification Board, according to iTnews, is trying to get the national government to force Apple to include some sort of game rating system. ...