A pro R18+ petition sponsored by retailer [URL=http://www.game.com.au/]GAME[/URL] has garnered the signatures of over 72,000 Australians.

The company plans to present some of it findings to a Standing Committee of Attorneys-General meeting on May 7 [URL=http://au.gamespot.com/news/6258091.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks%3Btitle%3B1]reports GameSpot[/URL], though it’s unclear if the issue of R18+ will even be on the agenda of that gathering. GAME also plans to present the petition to Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendon O'Connor.

The petition, also sponsored by [URL=http://www.everyoneplays.org.au]Everyone Plays[/URL], achieved the large number of supporters in only six weeks, and is on track to become the largest petition in Australian history, surpassing a 2005 petition for Work Choices that received 85,189 signatures.

A similar petition sponsored by EB Games and Grow Up Australia [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/02/25/update-r18-petition]totaled over 46,000 signatures[/URL].

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