Ai Weiwei says 'stop the boats' policy gives Australia a bad image

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has criticised Australia's asylum seeker policy as giving the country a "bad image". His latest installation to be featured at this year's Sydney Biennale looks at what he calls a current crisis of humanity, rather than a refugee crisis.

Ai Weiwei poses in front of his installation Law of the Journey in Sydney 704 Source: AAP