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Australia Council pulls funding for self-insemination art project – Sydney Morning Herald
The federal government’s major arts funding and advisory body said it would not support a project that could bring new life into the world.
The letter also said the project “exposes the Australia Council to unacceptable, potentially long-term and incalculable risk”.
The U-turn was called “a disturbing precedent” by the head of arts organisation Vitalstatistix, which supported the project.
The council said negative media coverage “was not a factor” in its decision. In her August 18 segment, Ms Credlin called the project the “tip of the iceberg” of “sheer abuse of taxpayer grants”, and interviewed Dr Bella D’Abrera, director at the …
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