Last Spring, when I asked Alison Croggon where she and her friends where when my films were being banned from film festivals through out Australia, she told me “there were bigger issues at stake in the Bill Henson case.”

Bigger issues indeed!

‘Net filters “required” for all Australians, no opt-out

Australians may not be able to opt out of the government’s Internet filtering initiative like they were originally led to believe. Details have begun to come out about Australia’s Cyber-Safety Plan, which aims to block “illegal” content from being accessed within the country, as well as pornographic material inappropriate for children. Right now, the system is in the testing stages, but network engineers are now saying that there’s no way to opt out entirely from content filtering.

You remember the Tate, don’t you? Sir Quinten of the BBFC decided that DESTRICTED should get an R-rating so it could play in the Tate. The can of Artist’s Shit a few posts down is from the Tate Collection. Behold the latest Artistic Merit from the Tate. According the art critic/host of the video, the runners are “having the time of their lives!” I think he need to get out more…