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		netcan on Oct 26, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Australian government tried to gag web cen... To be fair, I think he never really had any idea what the exhibition was like till he took a position. I believe it was purely a political position. The only people defending the photographer were a bunch of hippies & the girl in the photos & her parents.

nailer on Oct 26, 2008 [–]

Not in melbourne. The general public and arts community came out strong to defend Henson, as did Malcolm turnbull

netcan on Oct 26, 2008 | [–]

Did they? All I saw was a few dozen people outside of the Arts Centre. Anyway, I think he expected public opinion to be even more against then it was.

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