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Tuesday, 8 July 2008 6
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To legislate to criminalise the conduct of any artist, publication, gallery or even website would make the law what it is clearly not mean to be – an ass. Greg Barns explains.
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Monday, 7 July 2008 32
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Editor Maurice O'Riordan is a total fool for putting the image of a naked young girl on the latest cover of Art Monthly, writes Nicholas Pickard.
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Friday, 6 June 2008 5
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Can Bill Henson's reputation ever recover from the prolonged public assault of the past fortnight? Emma Kemp compiles the evidence.
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Friday, 6 June 2008 34
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Bernard Keane examines the bizarre relationships that have emerged in the Henson affair.
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Friday, 6 June 2008 9
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Our police forces need to stand above the political fray. They are not, writes Greg Barns.
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Thursday, 5 June 2008 6
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Another worthy intellectual addition to the Bill Henson debate.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008 3
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It is now almost two weeks since the Police raided and removed the Henson pictures after vigilante moralists demanded they do so, writes Greg Barns.
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008 6
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I still feel the shame of Queensland, the laughing stock, the State where police and politicians interfered in artistic matters with heavy hands and jack booted feet, writes Stephen Keim.
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Monday, 2 June 2008 1
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Those who pay the piper call the tune ... Digital TV ratings now available ... Noice! Aussie shows go American ... De-evolution for Seven ... PayTV scores a try ... TV show rotation time ... Revising Henson's history
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Monday, 2 June 2008 39
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Since time began, adults have exercised their rights, their greed and personal desires with little or no consideration to the rights of children. That's changing, and about time, writes Hetty Johnston, founder of Bravehearts.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 12
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Is your daughter no longer interested in tea parties with her dolls but rather into pole dancing in erotic lingerie? Is her hero no longer Play School’s Big Ted but Paris Hilton? Welcome to the great moral panic of our age -- kids and s-x, writes Duncan Fine.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 33
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The past week's attack on photographer Bill Henson has featured a cynical alliance of three potent forces, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 4
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The sort of tactics used by Hetty Johnson and are, unfortunately, a fact of life in the US, writes Greg Barns.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 9
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Since when did we allow our police forces to become censors of art and culture, asks Greg Barns?
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 4
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Why is it that "artistic" images of a young girl have created such uproar, and yet s-xualised images of children across the media remain unchallenged, asks Julie Gale.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 3
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Talkback hasn't been this highbrow since Piss Christ... To follow is a selection of the art critique hitting the air waves.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 2
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Everyone from the PM down has weighed in on the debate over Bill Henson's photography. Crikey readers had a lot to say too - in fact we've had more comments on the story than any other we've published. Here's a selection of reader comments on the issue.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 6
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Rethink your stance on Bill Henson Mr Rudd, say ALL the PM's 2020 summit arts participants.(Yes, even Cate.)
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Monday, 26 May 2008 6
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Bill Henson is the victim of vigilantism and a police force seeking to utilise the criminal law in a way that borders on abuse of process, writes Greg Barns.
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Friday, 23 May 2008 56
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Bill Henson's photographs of naked adolescents may not be p-rnographic, but that's not the end of the ethical story, writes Clive Hamilton.