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Gold/Mining/Energy : Tri-Vision & The V-Chip
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To: coyote who wrote (5085)4/4/1999 6:39:00 PM
From: Douglas Simpson  Read Replies (1) of 5743
 
Australia Goes For The V-Chip

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, (NB) -- By David Frith. The Australian Government is considering a plan to follow the US in introducing the V-chip to new television sets. A ministerial committee has recommended that the chip, which allows viewers to filter out violent or other undesirable material, should be made mandatory in all future TVs sold in Australia.

A Sydney Morning Herald newspaper report says that, because there are currently no Australian television manufacturers, the new standard would have to be met by foreign makers exporting sets to Australia.

The committee concluded that the spread of V-chips in Australia could be quite rapid following introduction of digital technology which would see consumers switching to new sets.

Communications Minister Richard Alston has strongly backed the V-chip proposal, saying there is strong community support for the technology. It now goes before the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Howard for a final decision.

Alston chaired the committee, which was set up in the wake of April's massacre in Port Arthur, Tasmania, where 35 people were killed by a lone gunman. The massacre shocked Australia and has already provoked allAustralian states to agree to ban automatic weapons, in the face of vocal opposition from Australia's gun lobby.
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