The art of provocation: Queensland Police are cracking down on artworks that use the now-outlawed phrase “from the river to the sea”, spending their time calling artists to warn them not to run afoul of the state’s new hate speech laws.
But what if you simply want to celebrate John Farnham’s iconic 1998 duet with Olivia Newton-John, “Two Strong Hearts”?
Street artist Scott Marsh painted a mural in Brisbane depicting Farnham, locks flowing free and surrounded by watermelons (a symbol linked to pro-Palestine causes by nature of the colours it shares with the Palestinian flag), alongside the offending song lyrics “river to the sea”.