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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=selectionshareable>On Saturday, Fairfax Media commenced its campaign against the decision of the NSW Coalition government — supported by the NSW Labor opposition — to allow the Sydney Opera House to promote The Everest horse race at Royal Randwick Racecourse by means of a light projection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable>On Page One of the Saturday <i>SMH</i>, the world heritage listed building was even referred to as the “Sacred Opera House”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable>How strange, then, that “Spectrum” in last Saturday’s <i>Age</i> carried a prominent advertisement for how to order from Fairfax Photos — under the heading “Bring the Story Home”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable>And what particular pic — from Fairfax Photos dating back to early 1900s — did Fairfax Media managers choose?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable>Well, the photo of the “NO WAR” sign painted (not projected) on the Sydney Opera House to protest about Australia’s commitment to the Coalition of the Willing which invaded Iraq in 2003.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>So according to Fairfax Media’s Saturday newspaper in Sydney, it’s wrong to project lights on the Sacred Opera House for around ten minutes on one night of the year.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>However, according to Fairfax Media’s Saturday newspaper in Melbourne, the crime committed by those who painted the illegal graffiti “NO WAR” on the Opera House in 2003 is part of Australia’s “Story” as recorded by Fairfax Photos — and well worth buying, framing and placing on the wall.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=selectionshareable>This suggests that it’s a “Story” when the Green Left activists damage the Opera house with difficult to remove paint when demonstrating against John Howard’s government. But it’s a desecration when a Racing NSW promotion is (legally) beamed on the Opera House for a few minutes once a year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=649 height=364 style='width:6.7604in;height:3.7916in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image003.png@01D462FD.1FE00510" alt=" - Description: Buy the “story”: Fairfax’s ad"></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>