A couple of days ago, police in Sydney seized 20 of 41 photographs - of which the above is one - from Bill Henson’s exhibition, and are launching criminal proceedings under the Child Protection Act. A fuller account of the debates which have ensued at slackbastard.
I am not, however, interested in defending Henson’s work on the grounds that it’s ‘art not pornography’, as have most. 
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So, it seems that Melbourne is about to become a militarised zone - which is to say, more than it has been for some parts of the city and people already.
The beloved and I went and saw Mysterious Skin, screening at the Melbourne Film Fest, the other day. Family First (aka Assemblies of God - born-again mecantilists) and the Australian Family Association (Opus Dei type Catholics) are currently seeking to have the film banned.
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