In short:
Police are investigating a vandalism attack on 20 bronze statues of Australian prime ministers in Ballarat.
The heads from the busts of former Labor leaders Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating were severed and stolen.
What’s next?
The sculptor who created the busts says plaster moulds are available to recreate the statues.
Definitely not. Invasion day is tomorrow, and the term “the colony/commonwealth will fall” is used by first nations activists. Recall back to last year when the Captain Cook statue was toppled in St. Kilda.
Maybe we hold of on accusing people until actual evidence comes out because it could not be them and could be someone else
I’m not accusing anyone, I’m in favour of both this and last year’s actions in support of ending Invasion Day. If anyone thinks that some statue’s being desecrated as a form of protest is too far, they’re part of the bloody problem. We’re so uncomfortable being inconvenienced in any way, shape or form in this country.
Yeah, maybe if it was the words on its own, but also knocking off Rudds head? That doesn’t make much sense.
My first thought was aussie day related, but Rudd is a PM who actually did something meaningful, symbolic, but still meaningful.