WHATEVER the misgivings about the current Victorian government's lack of spine and philosophy, news from the Harbour City makes the Garden State's guardians seem resolute by comparison. Whatever his other sins, it is inconceivable Ted Baillieu or one of his ministers would turn the state's parliament into a pulpit for branding Captain Cook a genocidal racist.
But in NSW, the relevant minister actually thinks it is a bonza idea. From the Silly's report on the latest
take-an-artistic-white-blackfella-to-lunch cash handout:
The NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Victor Dominello, said the NSW
Parliament was the ideal venue to display provocative artworks.
"These are challenging issues that are being portrayed by artists who have the right to express themselves freely,'' he said.
The man whose skills are on display is Jason Wing (above),
a bona fide Aborigine of the modern kind. You know, the sort whose duskiness has been so bleached by colonialist oppression that only grant administrators and prize committees can recognise it.
(Thanks to Catallaxy commenter Tom for tracking down the picture)
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