Melbourne Council to Repair Heavily Damaged Statue to Colonial Explorer

Published on February 8, 2024

A council in Melbourne, Victoria will reinstate a Captain James Cook statue vandalised in St Kilda ahead of Australia Day. The Port Phillip Council, which covers the Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda, is keen to send a clear message to vandals by repairing the century-old statue. On Jan. 25, a Captain Cook statue was cut at the ankles and defaced ahead of Australia Day. The monument was sprayed with the words “the colony will fall” in bright red paint. Captain Cook is a renowned explorer who charted and claimed the eastern coast of Australia for Britain on his first voyage between 1768 and 1771....

Continue reading on website
Other news

The Land of the White Cloud Set for Major Battle About Identity Politics

February 8, 2024
CommentaryAcceptance of responsibility is a key virtue that needs to be at the heart of individual and societal decision-making. However, it has been supplanted by victim theory which allows blame for all types of misfortune to be laid at someone else’s feet, or one’s background over which one has no agency and control. Its impact is debilitating and corrosive to individual endeavour. It stifles m

JN.1 Now Dominant COVID-19 Strain in China, Health Authorities Say

February 8, 2024
Chinese health authorities have said that JN.1 has become the main stain causing COVID-19 infections in China amid an ongoing pneumonia outbreak sweeping across the country since last September.The National Health Commission said at a press briefing on Feb. 4 that monitoring data showed a slight increase in COVID-19 cases, with the Omicron JN.1 mutant strain now being the dominant epidemic strain