Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the target of activists after a statue depicting him in a lewd act with Donald Trump was erected near Victoria\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n
The statue portrayed Mr Albanese kneeling in front of US President Donald Trump, with footage posted online showing a stream of water being sprayed onto the Prime Minister\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
A plaque was also placed at the base of the statue, displaying the title: \u201cA golden opportunity\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMay I lick your boots, boss?\u201d the plaque read, followed by: \u201cThe Prime Minister gargled as the President p***ed in his mouth\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cErected by The New Radicals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The activist group posted a clip of the stunt to social media, alongside the words displayed on the plaque.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A City of Melbourne spokesperson said the council \u201cbecame aware of an unauthorised installation\u201d at Gordon Reserve on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil officers immediately attended the scene to remove the installation,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil is also reviewing Safe City Camera footage and will provide relevant material to Victoria Police upon application.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statue was removed by council workers by 9.30am, The Herald Sun reported.<\/p>\n
Victorian Police confirmed it was investigating after the statue was erected in a Melbourne CBD park on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators believe the statue was erected, on its own improvised plinth, in parkland along Spring Street about 7am,\u201d a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficers responded promptly to reports of the incident, and with assistance from local council, the statue and plinth were dismantled.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators are working to determine if there are any criminal offences related to the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police have urged any witnesses or anyone with relevant information or footage to come forward by contacting Crime Stoppers via 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the target of activists after a statue depicting him in a lewd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2324,48,43,647,44,9801,1158,6895,63272,41,39,42,40,368214],"class_list":["post-776417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-crime","tag-headlines","tag-melbourne","tag-news","tag-parliament","tag-police","tag-prime-minister","tag-statue","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-victroria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}