Does Australia's classification system suit your family's needs?

Australia's National Classification Scheme for movies, games and apps uses the classifications G, PG, M, MA15+ and R18+. 

The Australian Council on Children  and the Media has designed this survey to assess how helpful this classification system  is to you,  and whether it could be improved.

This survey will update information gathered in 2017, and we welcome your responses.   

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* 1. Thinking about children in your care,  how useful have you found the classification system when considering the suitability of movies they might watch?  Please indicate your degree of agreement or otherwise with the following statements.

  strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
This system suits my needs
This system does not give me enough information
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for children under 8 years
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for children aged 9-12 years
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for children aged 13-16 years

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* 2. Thinking about children in your care, how useful have you found the classification system when considering the suitability of games and apps they might play?  Please indicate your degree of agreement or otherwise with the following statements.

  strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
This system suits my needs
This system does not give me enough information
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for children under 8 years
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for  children aged 9-12 years
This system does not provide enough information about suitability for  children aged  13-16 years

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* 3. Thinking about children in your care, how useful is the PG classification when considering the suitability of movies they might watch,  or games and apps they might play. Please indicate your degree of agreement or otherwise with the following statements.

  strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
PG is useful as the content will be child-friendly
PG means it's OK for older children  (say over 8) on their own
PG means I need to be with my child  regardless of their age   
PG means I need to review it first
The PG category is not useful as it's too broad  

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* 4. Some countries have classification systems that provide advice about age-appropriateness of movies and games. eg suitable for All, 5+, 9+, 12+, 16+  where, for example, a 5+ indicates age suitability for those 5 and over.  Do you think that such a system might be useful to you when considering the suitability of movies, games and apps for children in your care?

  strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
An age -based system would be more useful to me than the present one
An age-based system would provide better protection for children generally than the present one
I would really like to see the present system replaced by an age-based one
The present classifications are well recognised and don't need to be changed

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* 5. The classifications G, PG and M for movies, apps and games  are all advisory. Only the MA15+ and R18+ have legal force. This means that children of all ages can legally see M movies even though they are not recommended for those under 15 years.  
Please indicate your agreement or otherwise with the following statements.

  strongly agree agree neutral don't agree strongly disagree
The present non-legal force of the M classification is OK by me
It's up to parents/carers to decide if movies and games are OK for their children
The M category is too broad to be useful 
Too many young children are seeing M films
Setting legal force from a lower age (eg 12+) would provide better protection for young children

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* 6. Please enter your post code

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* 7. Your age?

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* 8. What are the ages of your children?  Please tick relevant age ranges.

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* 9. Any other comments about classification?

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