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'Technical error' behind Henson website black-listing
Source: abc.net.au

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says a technical error is to blame for the black-listing of a website with artist Bill Henson's photographs on it.

Photo girl defends naked cover shot
Source: theage.com.au

The young girl whose naked photo appeared on the cover of an arts magazine, sparking a new controversy, has defended the picture, saying she is proud of it.

Henson photos for show
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

An art gallery forced to remove pictures of naked girls by photographer Bill Henson says it will re-exhibit them in the future now that the Classification Board has rated his most contentious work as PG.

Protest by Victoria Larielle over Bill Henson seizure
Source: Australian News Network

A young Melbourne artist appalled by the controversy over photographer Bill Henson has thumbed her nose at police by putting on public display her own photographs of naked children.

Germaine Greer: Through a Lens Darkly
Source: The Age

In the wake of police removing exhibits deemed to be offensive from Bill Henson's Sydney show, Germaine Greer argues that there is no clear distinction between art and pornography, and a good many works by artists from Titian to Picasso are pornographic.

Snapshot of a small-minded people
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Bill Henson has dominated the headlines during the past week for all the wrong reasons but when the hysteria dies down we might find this affair has coughed up a few revelations.

Australia becoming 'nanny state' over Henson photos
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A Melbourne publisher says Australia is in danger of becoming a nanny state over the controversy surrounding the photographs of Bill Henson.

Blanchett defends photographer in child pornography row
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Leading Australian writers and artists, including the actress Cate Blanchett, have spoken out in defence of a photographer facing prosecution for his pictures of naked children.

Naked fury: 'cool it'
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Critics of a Sydney art gallery involved in a controversy over pictures of nude children should control their anger, a children's advocate says.

Gallery raided as Bill Henson child porn art removed | The Daily Telegraph
Source: Australian News Network

"POLICE armed with a search warrant are raiding the Paddington art gallery on suspicion that some of the artworks depicting young children have broken the law.

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