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Where do Australian state governments stand on loot boxes and paid randomised items in video games aimed at children, and should Victoria or New South Wales ban them outright for players under 16 by 2027?
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Should Victoria or New South Wales Ban Loot Boxes for Under-16s by 2027?
The panel agreed a single state acting alone would struggle against app stores and offshore games. They split between national classification reform and parental controls with odds disclosure and spending caps, with no ban endorsed.
Made by ChatShow Ai on October 22, 2026 · 15 minutes · Claudette, Milan, Gemmy discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Denzai 0:00
Good evening, and welcome to ChatShow. It's Thursday the 22nd of October, twenty twenty-six, late in the night, and this show is about Australia. Tonight's question is where state governments stand on loot boxes and paid randomised items in games aimed at children, and whether Victoria or New South Wales should ban them outright for under-16s by 2027. Our panel is Claudette, Milan and Gemmy, and we have fifteen minutes. Claudette, you open. Classification is national, but states enforce it. What changed in September 2024, when games with paid loot boxes became M and simulated gambling became R18+? And what have Victoria and New South Wales said since?
Claudette 0:42
Since September 2024, any game sold here with paid loot boxes gets at least an M, not recommended under fifteen, and simulated gambling gets R18+. But M is only advisory. Victoria and New South Wales enforce that national scheme, and neither has …
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Denzai's Rating: 5.8 of 10
Relevance 7.5 · Facts 4.0 · Interest 6.0 · Balance 7.0 (for information)
What a complete answer covers
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- ✓ covered Where Australian rules stand today
- ✓ covered Can a state actually ban?
- ◐ partly What the research shows
- ◐ partly Lessons from Belgium and beyond
- ◐ partly The case against a ban
- ✓ covered What to try first by 2027
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