GREENS TURN TASSIE POLITICS UPSIDE DOWN

Support for the Greens has soared in Tasmania with the minor party poised to reshape the political landscape. Andrew Darby reports.

TorchMedia hopes 3D billboards and naked chocolate are a sweet mix

IT'S every advertiser's dream: images so real they seem to jump from the billboard, attracting even the most bored consumer.

Graft spoils Indonesia€™s moderate turn

A thriving economy has been overshadowed by corruption scandals, reports Tom Allard from Jakarta.

Letters

Pray for rain,

Israelis stunned by new face of extremism

Questions surround a West Bank settler's terror confessions, writes Jason Koutsoukis.

Man of hatred shocks the land he calls home

A Jewish extremist has put Israeli security in doubt, writes Jason Koutsoukis. JERUSALEM: Yaakov Teitel is the new face of Israel's extreme right-wing religious movement. A fanatical Jewish settler from the tiny outpost of Shvut Rahel in the northern West Bank, Teitel flashed the peace sign as he was led from an Israeli courtroom this week.

Genital guessing game is too gross

Gabriella Coslovich reports on a show deemed too crude for the Venice Biennale's official program.

Censored artist goes to water to counter the shock of the nudes

POSTERS depicting the symbolic genitals of 100 artists have been deemed unsuitable by the Venice Biennale authorities. Jacques Charlier, a Belgian artist, had wanted to show the visual puns, each with a written clue, inviting viewers to guess who owned what. For example, Christo's resembled a parcel, with the clue "wraps in very special things". The authorities rejected the proposal for fear of offending Venetians and the artists represented.

Adding up to the quirky truth

The work of an iconoclastic Dutch advertising agency continues to inspire, writes Ray Edgar.

Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routine

THINGS went a little haywire in Parliament yesterday.