{"id":933232,"date":"2026-09-10T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/an-arts-space-in-sydney-was-axed-due-to-an-archaic-1848-law-but-what-does-offensive-trade-really-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:15:35","slug":"an-arts-space-in-sydney-was-axed-due-to-an-archaic-1848-law-but-what-does-offensive-trade-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/an-arts-space-in-sydney-was-axed-due-to-an-archaic-1848-law-but-what-does-offensive-trade-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"An arts space in Sydney was axed due to an archaic 1848 law. But what does \u2018offensive trade\u2019 really mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m representing an arts collective kicked out of a former church because the landlord deemed their work &#8216;offensive&#8217;. At the heart of the case is a key question: can one invoke legal authority in support of personal morality?<br \/>\nThe post An arts space in Sydney was axed due to an archaic 1848 law&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2026\/07\/27\/sydney-queer-arts-space-divine-playhouse-shut-down-landlord-legal-fight\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Michael Bradley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m representing an arts collective kicked out of a former church because the landlord deemed their work &#8216;offensive&#8217;. At the heart of the case is a key question: can one invoke legal authority in support of personal morality? The post An arts space in Sydney was axed due to an archaic 1848 law&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,192,67583],"tags":[6750,15226],"class_list":["post-933232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","category-sports","category-sydney","tag-space","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}