"Changling" closed, Mayor's response.

eO has received a response from the Mayor of Gosford, Laurie Maher, to questions arising from the cancellation of an exhibition at the Regional Gallery. For those of you concerned about how the decision was made, check it out.
The statement is the usual public relations spin, and does not address the questions of policy and procedure that need to be made transparent.
Mayor Maher says the closure was "an attempt by Gosford City Council to ensure the works would not be trivialised as a consequence of the articles that appeared in the papers and the public comments which referred to the works being child pornography". So it would appear that exhibitions can be closed if opinions in the press might "trivialise" presented works. Methinks it is time to hang up the old beret.