Carroll scraps plan for statue of Daniel Andrews
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has scrapped a $134,000 statue of former leader Daniel Andrews, citing that the policy of automatically commissioning statues for long-serving premiers does not meet taxpayer expectations. The government will instead use an independent panel to select future subjects for public monuments.
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This decision reflects a shift in government spending priorities and a re-evaluation of how political figures are memorialized in public spaces.
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Share A A A A controversial $134,000 statue of former premier Daniel Andrews has been scrapped, with Victoria’s new leader Ben Carroll saying the statue policy did not meet taxpayer expectations.
Previously, any politician who served more than 3000 days as Victorian premier would be immortalised in bronze near Parliament House in Melbourne.
Ben Carroll with Daniel Andrews in 2023, when Carroll was public transport minister in Andrews’ government. Justin McManus Carroll announced on Saturday that the statue policy would be repealed, and that work on the statue of Andrews, who was premier from 2014 to 2023, would stop.
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