Australian Education Ministry

Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: Australia [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Religious Other [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Theatre [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Artist: Gillian Mear and Caryl Churchill

Confronting Bodies: Australian Education Minister

Dates of Action: April 1997

Location: New South Wales, Australia

Description of Artwork: Gillian Mear's play "Fineflour" and Churchill's play "Top Girls."

The Incident: A New South Wales review panel banned the plays from the New South Wales Higher School Certificate reading list. The officials suggested that Churchill's play is "dated," shows "contempt for religion," and" contains gratuitous violence."

Results of Incident: The Education Ministry upheld the review panel's ban on the two plays.

Source: Index on Censorship, 3/97 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]