A Christmas furore has erupted inside a Victorian council after an artist used the town’s holiday festival to paint a mural of GretaThunberg on the side of a council building. Should the painting be taken down and replaced with something more festive?
Digital Editor Jack Houghton A Christmas furore has erupted inside a Victorian council after a rogue artist used the town’s holiday festival to paint a mural of Greta Thunberg on the side of a council building. Councillors at Benalla Rural Council say they have been left with “egg on our face” after the Window-to-Window Christmas Festival was hijacked by eco-activists. The festival is supposed give artists a chance to paint “Christmas icons” on the wall of council buildings.
” Mr Davis said councillors were meeting tomorrow and he would complain “the due process has not taken place”. “If the due process had taken place then it may not have been there … watch this space,” he said. Councillor Don Firth said he had personally received complaints from Benalla residents who were upset the painting was not more Christmas themed. “I can’t tell you what the Christmas touch is on Greta’s mural,” he said.
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