As you may know, NAVA has recently renewed its campaign to ensure the right to freedom of expression for the visual arts sector in Australia. We have been lobbying politicians to implement the changes recommended in the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)’s report Fighting Words: Report on Sedition Laws in Australia, to which NAVA has submitted recommendations relating to the visual arts.
There is still room to move. Peter Garrett MP, Labor’s Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts will be speaking from the floor in Parliament during Question Time next Monday 9th October, challenging the Attorney General and the Federal Government over its refusal to implement the changes suggested by the ALRC’s report.
He will highlight the restrictive nature of federal Sedition laws by using examples of artists and curators having to self-censor or stop projects due to fear of being charged under these new laws. We are hoping to influence some Liberal Party members to take up the cause.
Here's where you can get involved:
If you have been censored on or self-censored an artwork, project or exhibition due to concern about being charged with Sedition, please let us know URGENTLY and we can show Mr Garrett how vital the changes to the law are for artists and the visual arts sector.
Simply add a comment to this blog with your story.
For more information about the Anti-Sedition Campaign, check out NAVA's Campaign section
