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Bronze bust statues of former prime ministers vandalised in Ballarat
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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1/24/2025
Police in Victoria are investigating a vandalism spree in Ballarat which has left new sculptures of former prime ministers damaged and decapitated.
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Every Prime Minister since Federation up to Malcolm Turnbull has been honoured with a
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profile here on this pathway 90 minutes west of Melbourne. But this morning, none of the
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statues got to see the sunrise. The damage done to these creations has been hidden from
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public view as Victoria Police continues a criminal investigation. At some point between
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2 and 5am yesterday, an unknown number of vandals came and removed the heads of two
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of the busts and spray painted on 18 others. It amounts to tens of thousands of dollars
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worth of damage and it's left the sculptor, the people that look after these gardens and
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many others in Ballarat devastated. Police are looking for help to track down the culprits.
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We have some CCTV that we're still working through at the moment that hopefully we'll
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be releasing soon. We're keen to talk to the occupants of a white ute that was seen in
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the area around about that time Thursday morning, white ute with a canopy and there
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was a number of people in that ute that we came to speak to. This week's vandalism comes
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nearly five years after the busts of Prime Ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott were
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also defaced. At this stage police say they don't believe the two incidents are related
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but they are working with the local council to determine whether additional security measures
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are necessary.
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