A charge of exhibiting seditious pictures was withdrawn against an artist who depicted high-profile Australians in uniforms with Nazi symbols. The artist explained that he was drawing caricatures, not portraits, and the magistrate agreed. The caricaturist, explaining that he was drawing caricatures, not portraits, was allowed to withdraw from a charge of exhibiting seditious pictures. The magistrate said the drawings were too grotesque to be taken seriously, and the public laughed. The public laughed at the grotesque caricatures of high-profile Australians in Nazi uniforms, and the charge against the artist of exhibiting seditious pictures was withdrawn. The exhibition was closed, and the artist was free to depict whomever he pleased in any garb he fancied.
Original dispatch: Police drop case against artist who depicted high-profile Australians in uniforms with Nazi symbols