"A federal government department ordered Walkley Award-winning cartoonist Mark Knight to take down a Herald Sun cartoon of Uluru and demanded he apply for a permit to draw the rock."

https://twitter.com/RoadknightThe/status/1599177604007104513

So it doesn't matter how accurate a drawing is just say it is Uluru.

How about a caricature of Uluru? Would that need a permit as well?

Which federal government department ordered the take down?

Will we see an attack on the Sun Herald with "terrorist" spears thrown at cartoonists?

Bias_2012 wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 12:51pm:


Good question.

FD?

Quote:


Yes, I suspect it will.

Jasin wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 1:53pm:


It was reasonable for a twitter ban in response to using Twitter to stage an insurrection that got people killed.

As the instigator of an insurrection Trump should be barred from holding any public office in the future under the terms of the constitutions 14th amendment.

Here you go, guys - the paywalled Herald Sun article.

I'll have to do this in 3 parts.

It should be readable.

Part 1:

Part 3 which is the images in the article (couldn't include them in the above screenshots because they were WAY too large to read the text in the article by the time I reduced it below the 250 KB attachment size).

freediver wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 3:57pm:



No need to panic Karen, they've acknowledged that they should never have sent it. You can unknot your knickers now

freediver wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 4:15pm:


As opposed to a normal mistake? Merely an
overzealous public servant who was likely on a power trip. If you deal with govt departments often enough you'll find there is nothing odd about it at all.

lee wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 12:16pm:

Take away the United Kingdom of Entertainment or the Great Britain of Politics.
Take away the USA and its right for Free Settlers to own a gun and shoot natives.

What you are left with is a country with 25 million 'Aboriginal' people under Aboriginal Law.

Dare you (because the Poms and Yanks won't, it's not their problem) defy the Aboriginal Resurgence and Reclaimation of their own land???

John Smith wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 4:21pm:


It is when they're dealing with the Murdoch press, JS. Normally it's hands-off.

Perhaps Parks were empowered by last week's Media Watch on the futility of News Ltd's campaign against Dan Andrews.

Either way, Parks Australia should be nice, eat brown rice, and let anybody draw Uluru if they want.

If they're bored, they should tell FD to take down his silly black fence.

Bias_2012 wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 2:39pm:


Had that been true Elmer would not have been convicted for sedition.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 6:06pm:


If it was true, there wouldn't be hundreds of convictions and jail sentences for people who fought like hell and did exactly what Mr Trump said on Jan 6, killing 6, injuring hundreds and costing millions in property damage. 

There wouldn't be convictions and jail sentences for Mr Trump's lawyer Mike, and his Financial Officer Allen, for doing what Mr Trump exactly told them to do. Mike even has him on tape.

It's all true, and the only reason Matty's Dear Leader is not behind bars yet is a little known decision by the DOJ known as executive privilege. And that's okay.

The investigations in Georgia, New York State, the DOJ and all those civil cases with all those deponents, have all the time in the world.

Truth. Justice. Rule of law. It's the American way, no?

Dnarever wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 6:06pm:


That was a political show trial by the DemoratSwamp

You mean this rock?  This picture should upset them then.... phark 'em!!

Karnal wrote on Dec 4^th, 2022 at 7:21pm:



I like it. without the fence.

Was that meant to be Ayres rock, I thought it was a potato.

I assumed that FD was having a shot at Dutton.

Bias_2012 wrote on Dec 5^th, 2022 at 11:29am:


No they were there, Mr Trump put them on standby and then later called them to the capital. On the day he told them to go to the capital and to fight like hell. They did as instructed. Its called sedition. They are traitors.

Not against a 'Corrupt' Government Dnarever.

A sure sign of the autocratic form of government we have seen developing in the West for years now... ever since those with little to no real life experience and little true earth mother knowledge of Australia started running the show for their own advantage and that of their chosen special interest groups.

As I said - it's always good to know that I am not alone in my views, and that some of the 'world's greatest thinkers' - in discussion of the malaises of the West and why democracy is failing and failing to produce the goods - say the same things.

Essentially - a government department has NO right to dictate to anyone that they cannot use a picture etc of a naturally occurring object.... there is NO copyright on natural formations no matter how much they kow-tow to the ooga-booga of some 'special spiritual connection' etc ... and they can stick it where the sun don't shine!!

Take Back The National Parks!!!  Drain The Swamps and kick out all the Wokers .... they and their department and the government that rules them, do not OWN OUR national parks.... adios and good-bye, assholes...

Power To the People!!!

Auf wiedersehen, assholes...

Jasin wrote on Dec 5^th, 2022 at 7:10pm:


Oh, I predict he doesn't.

I predict he'll chase JS around instead.

Freeeeedom, innit.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/plan-to-ban-photos-of-mt-warning-for-tourism-and-business-slammed/news-story

Plan to ban photos of Mt Warning for tourism and business slammed

In the wake of a controversial attempt to ban images of Uluru - even drawings in cartoons - questions are being raised about strict new rules being imposed on Mt Warning in NSW.

A ban on using images of the iconic North Coast Mt Warning mountain for tourism or business purposes – under a new Aboriginal management plan - should not go ahead, says One Nation MP Mark Latham.

Speaking after a federal government department ordered a Melbourne newspaper cartoonist to remove a cartoon of Uluru last weekend under “cultural” grounds, Mr Latham said it was “ridiculous” that image restrictions were being proposed for NSW national parks.

The Perrottet Government has given control of the formerly public Wollumbin National Park and Mt Warning to an Aboriginal consulting group, who have banned public access, and even claimed that females going on the land would make people sick.

Environment Minister James Griffin said “this step recognises the importance of protecting its cultural value” when announcing the changes, which are detailed on the website of National Parks and Wildlife.

But under the new Aboriginal group plan, the public is banned from using images of the park “for tourism or business promotion” or “advertising purposes”.

A view of Wollumbin National Park - Mount Warning - which was an iconic hiking location until the Perrottet Government gave control to an Indigenous consulting group who have banned the public.

It even states that use of the images of the mountain had encouraged people to climb it and this had “destroyed” traditional law and custom.
In the case of Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight was astonished to be told last week that he was not allowed to use the rock in an editorial cartoon and required a permit.

Mount Warning offers spectacular views of the east coast and is the first site in mainland Australia to see the sunrise - but even using images of the famed mountain by local businesses or for tourism are set to be banned.

Mount Warning offers spectacular views of the east coast and is the first site in mainland Australia to see the sunrise - but even using images of the famed mountain by local businesses or for tourism are set to be banned.

Parks Australia said that even a drawing the landmark Uluru was not allowed under its “commercialisation of their Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property” – until the paper engaged lawyers and the bureaucrats backed down.

“The Herald Sun incident shows that what was formerly public property is now at risk of being appropriated and controlled by sectional interests in ways the public finds bizarre,” Mr Latham said.

“There’s no reason why national parks and state reserves should be under the control of Aboriginal groups who have never made any land rights claims to these sites.

“Given the nature of the parks, it’s not clear what special Indigenous affinity or use they have.

“They should be fully public assets available for open public use, without ridiculous restrictions like permission to use images.”

One Nation leader in NSW Mark Latham has raised questions about the public bans on Mt Warning. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Local businesses have used images of Mount Warning in the past - but won’t be allowed under new rules - Mount Warning Honey took out five prizes at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 2016.

North Coast Indigenous woman Stella Wheildon, who is collating evidence for an international humans rights case highlighting the lack of women’s access rights to the mountain, said Uluru and Wollumbin have very different legal tenure/transfers systems, so could not be compared.

But she said there is “no precedent for copyright for a mountain image”.
“It appears to be a misuse/misinterpretation of cultural and intellectual copyright moral rights legislation, but again there is no basis for copyrighting a mountain’s image,” she said.

A spokeswoman for Minister Griffin said the government had not imposed, nor intended to impose, restrictions on Wollumbin images.

Mr Griffin gave that answer to Mr Latham when quizzed in parliament about the image ban - but also added in his official answer last month that: “The Aboriginal Place Management Plan includes a request by the Aboriginal community that images taken within the Wollumbin Aboriginal Place are not used for tourism or advertising purposes.”

A community protest group will demonstrate against the public bans on January 14 at Murwillumbah.

Right to Climb advocate and bushwalker Marc Hendrickx is calling for an inquiry by the NSW Ombudsman into the decision and the National Parks and Wildlife’s handling of the issue.

“The notion that an image of a natural feature can be owned and controlled by a particular group is ridiculous and tantamount to censoring awe and wonder,” he said.

They only ban Political Australians.

Perhaps it should be renamed Mohammed Rock,..

Setanta wrote on Dec 12^th, 2022 at 6:23pm:

Gee. You're not far from the target there Set.

Both Mohommedism and Aboriginal cultures are Portals to Africa for their respective Regions.
Moslems hold the Stone of Mecca sacred,
as do Aborigines with Uluru.

...maybe people should be happy strolling around Uluru like Moslems in Mecca?