Censorship, defined as the act of destroying, suppressing or withholding information otherwise intended for the public, is harmful to the community in many ways and has no place in a democratic society. First, it is detrimental to the advancement of social ethics, morals and ideals and limits diversity in society by prolonging ignorance. Secondly, this is a violation of freedom of expression, speech and the press. In this essay it will be demonstrated that censorship exists in Australia, that it is not beneficial to society and that it should be replaced with a management system where members of the public will always have the choice of whether or not they can do so. display material intended for the public. Censorship in Australia occurs in several ways. For videos, video games and feature films, the Australian Classifications Board (ACB) has control of the classifications. On the Internet, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) maintains a blacklist of overseas websites for use with filtering software and has the power to impose restrictions on content hosted in Australia. News and current affairs in Australia are exempt from classification, however there are still problems with censorship by newsgroups and self-censorship by journalists. When a video, video game or feature film is released, if the Australian Classifications Board is unable to classify the material or the material is rejected, then it is effectively censored. Rejected material is classified as classification rejected (RC). Despite the fact that the CBA admits that adults should be able to watch, play and read what they want, the only criteria for the RC rating is “high-impact content and makes...... half of the paper.. ....ily Tele and instead used their front pages to run a political campaign. Their owner, US billionaire Rupert Murdoch, has an agenda to get rid of our current Prime Minister. Fair enough. We all have an opinion. But political bias disguised as news is… well, misleading nonsense. The man then uses the newspaper to scoop up some dog waste and places it in a nearby rubbish bin, then remarks: "Thanks Rupert, but Australians can choose their own government." Ten refused to run the advert without giving any reason, incidentally, Rupert Murdoch's son, Lachlan Murdoch, was chairman of Channel Ten at the time. Channel Seven also refused because the advert was "in poor taste" and " potentially offensive." Channel Nine ran the advert for four days, but then pulled the advert from the schedule citing "coding errors". Both Fairfax and ABC media outlets featured the announcement in their news coverage.