We now realise that this diminutive “monument” has been in the centre of Canberra for nearly a year. Would you believe we first posted this as a Public Artefact in August last year! This Ode to Marcel Duchamp is the clearly the readymade solution to the Monument dilemma. ArtWranglers has nominated it for heritage listing, and no doubt it will be registered on the National Estate as THE Northbourne Monument. See our previous Open Letter to the Chief Minister on the issue…

Well, actually, it’s a small miracle nobody has tripped on it and sued the A.C.T. Government for enough $$$ to build the big one… But as we’ve often noted, it’s a no-man’s land between the Melbourne and Sydney buildings.

In relation to the missing Million Dollar Monument, our spies in the corridors of power tell us the short-list has been reduced to three, there’s a miniscule additional fee provided for resubmission of the contenders’ proposals, and guess what? The new due date is October 1st. So we’re unlikely to hear anything before the election! No controversies in October, please!