Questions from National MP Sandra Goudie (MP for Coromandel
& Spokesperson for Internal Affairs):
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Questions for written answer
13510 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How many DVDs, films and videos were classified in 2005/06 as R18 publications because of explicit sexual content, sexual violence or offensive sexual content that degrades, demeans or dehumanises women?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that in 2005/06 594 films, videos and DVDs were given an R18 classification with the descriptive note ‘explicit sex scenes’. A further 18 were classified R18 with the descriptive note ‘sexual violence’ because they depicted sexual violence but did not promote or support it. It is not possible to report how many publications contain offensive sexual content that degrades, demeans or dehumanises women without the examination of each classification file. Individual classification decisions contain that information but the Office of Film and Literature Classification’s database does not record publications by this category nor is it used as a descriptive note.
13508 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): In 2004/05, what income did the Office of Film and Literature Classification receive from fee payments with respect to the 2,169 publications it classified/registered?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I refer you to the Statement of Financial Performance in the 2004/05 Office of Film and Literature Classification annual report which shows the total revenue from fee payments
13507 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What is the fee required to be paid by each applicant for each type of format of publication submitted to the Film and Video Labelling Body for classification; and what portion of these fees is a source of income for the Office of Film and Literature Classification when publications are referred on to the Office of Film and Literature from the Labelling Body?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I refer the Member to the Schedule to the Films, Videos, and Publications (Fees) Regulations 1994, Amendment No. 1, which sets out the classification fees. Classification fees for films, videos, DVDs and computer games/CD-ROMs are payable when publications are submitted to the Film and Video Labelling Body. The fees are then forwarded to the Office of Film and Literature Classification. I am advised that an additional handling fee of $28.13 is payable by the submitter to the Film and Video Labelling Body for every film which the Labelling Body submits to the Office of Film and Literature Classification. This handling fee is retained by the Labelling Body.
13506 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What was the total cost on average of examining, classifying and recording each of the 1,468 publications?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that the Office of Film and Literature Classification does not hold this information for the 2004/05 year. On the basis of submission levels for the 2005/06 year, the Office has calculated the following average cost (including time and overheads) of examining, classifying and registering publications:
Medium Average cost ($)
Computer image 186.01
DVD 630.19
Film 1189.89
Computer game 655.19
Book 1167.15
Video 239.34
13505 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How many staff in 2004/05 received remuneration for tasks involving Output 1: Examination, Classification and Registration of Publications
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that 23 of the staff of the Office of Film and Literature Classification received remuneration for tasks involving Output 1.
13504 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): Is the salary for an experienced classification officer less than $60,000 in the Office of Film and Literature Classification?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I refer the Member to my answer to written question 13503 (2006).
13503 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What is the salary for an experienced classification officer in the Office of Film and Literature Classification?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that the salary for an experienced classification officer is $59,450.
13502 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How many, if any, staff in the Office of Film and Literature Classification receive a total annual remuneration and benefits of $140,000 or more; and how many receive $180,000 or more?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: Two people receive annual remuneration and benefits of $140,000 or more. One of those two people receives annual remuneration and benefits of $180,000 or more.
13501 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What was the average cost of classification to the taxpayer per poster/slick/advertising?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that, on the basis of submission levels for the 2005/06 year, the average cost (including time and overheads) is estimated at $52.34.
13500 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What percentage and how many poster/slick/advertising were banned in 2004/05 and for what reasons?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I refer the Member to the 2004/05 Office of Film and Literature Classification annual report which shows the number and percentage of advertising material that was not approved. I am advised that three of the slicks were not approved because they tended to promote or support the exploitation of young persons for sexual purposes. The rest were not approved because the publication to which they related was classified as objectionable.
13499 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How long does it take on average for a censor to go through the process of approving/disapproving poster-advertising slicks?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that, on the basis of submission levels for the 2005/06 year, the average time to approve or not approve a slick is 29 minutes.
13498 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What was the nature of the classification.censorship task involved in dealing with poster/slick/advertising; and why did 386 (55%) of them require display conditions?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that the process for considering a slick is to examine it, apply the relevant provisions of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 and the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Regulations 1994 and to write a decision approving or not approving the slick. Display conditions were imposed pursuant to section 27(3) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 and Regulation 30 of the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Regulations 1994..
13497 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What was the nature of the Office of Film and Literature Classification formal records relating to its approval/disapproval of the remaining 778 publications recorded as received by the Office of Filam and Literature Classification in 2004/2005 for which no classification decisions were registered; and how much of the $1,337,706 million received from Crown Revenue was used for dealing with these publications?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that the Office of Film and Literature Classification holds a file on each publication submitted. For each slick approved or not approved a written decision, Register page and List of Decision entry exists. It is not possible to differentiate between Crown Revenue and other revenue sources applied to any particular part of the classification process.
13496 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How many hours in total were devoted by the Office of Film and Literature Classification censors and other staff on average, to complete the examination, classification and registration of each of the 1,468 publications?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that the Office of Film and Literature Classification does not hold this information for the 2004/05 year. On the basis of submission levels for the 2005/06 year, the Office has calculated the following average person hours to examine, classify and register publications.
Medium Average time (person hours)
Computer image 1.71
DVD 5.81
Film 10.96
Computer game 6.04
Book 10.75
Video 2.21
13495 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): How many of the 1,468 publications registered contained objectionable content such as sexually explicit hard core pornographic content and/or gratuitous sexual violence or necrophillia, requiring a specific censor’s warning note and/or excisions and an R18 classification before they could be viewed by the public?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I am advised that publications with objectionable content are either required to have the objectionable content excised or are classified as objectionable. Therefore, no publications were registered that contained objectionable content and had an R18 classification.
13494 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): What was the nature/format and numbers per category of these 1,468 publications for which classification decisions were recorded by the Office of Film and Literature Classification?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: I refer the Member to the 2004/05 Office of Film and Literature Classification annual report which shows the publications classified and registered by medium
13493 (2006). Sandra Goudie to the Minister of Internal Affairs (28 Sep 2006): Did the Office of Film and Literature Classification receive Crown Revenue of $1,337,706 for the “examination, classification and registration of publications”; if so, how much of this money covered the costs towards Office of Film and Literature Classification staff examining, classifying and registering the 1,468 publications in the 2004/05 reporting year?
Hon Rick Barker (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: No.
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