This month's taxpayer-funded Art Monthly Australia magazine placed the photograph of the young dark-haired girl on the cover, sitting and with one nipple showing, to protest censorship of a recent photo exhibition featuring similarly naked children. "I can't stand this stuff," said Rudd, a staunch Christian whose centre-left Labor government won a sweeping victory over conservatives last year, in part on a vow to reinvigorate Australia's small but influential arts community.A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the cover of a high-brow Australian art magazine today sparked an uproar after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called it disgusting, infuriating liberal art critics.
Sometimes, I wonder why Australia bothers having a rabid, frothing Christian Right when it can get the same sort of service from its Prime Minister. Sometimes, I recall the days when the Independent was a serious newspaper.
What next? Will the Prime Minister demand the burning of Led Zeppelin albums? Will the Independent find more excuses for prurience?
3 comments:
Did you miss that business? Rudd seems to make a habit of having an opinion on outrages; you'd always find him quote in stories about the Chaser as well.
Sorry, cock-up on Blogger front: something to do with scheduling posts. Still, old news is good news, as they say.
You forgot his refusal to unrepeal Australia's federal Howard era same-sex marriage ban. Mind you, Queenslander. Gak.
Craig Y
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