31 October 2006

Al Grassby statue in Civic

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IBN reports that the opposition isn’t happy with the government commissioning that life-size statue of Al Grassby for Civic Square (which RiotAct reported on back in March).

Opposition leader Bill Stefaniak says he can’t believe money is being spent on this when budgets are being cut everywhere else.

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never knew untill now , That they spend our money that could have been used somewhere , to help others yet .ACT spend the money on a person name Al Grass-by , yet 2011 ,( What money can buy …….. ) was that his last wish , to the Societe Onorata ( notice there a word spell RAT in Onorata ) . by blessing go out to the MACKEY . and family

Better to put up a statue of Donald Mackay, in tribute to the suffering endured by Barbara and the rest of the Mackay family.
Or one of Arthur Calwell, the father of post-war migration.
A statue of Al Grassby will be another embarrasment we can live without.

I’m surprised that Billy-boy would even suggest that a building be named after Big Bad Al instead of a statue. Perhaps a drop plantation in Griffith would be more appropriate.

Why just single out Al for commemoration? If they erect a statue of a giant arsehole then that’d cover just about everyone in the modern Labor Party.

sorry, frequently writes stories about Canberra-secific things which have recently (usually the previous day or early that morning) appeared on this site and often doesn’t supply a link.

Crikey.com.au frequently picks up on things from this site and doesn’t provide links.

barking toad5:45 pm 01 Nov 06

crikey.com.au has picked up on this but doesn’t link to this site

some of the comments may offend their hippie labor sensitivities

Actually, a statue of him drink driving would be the way to go.

Vic Bitterman7:17 pm 31 Oct 06

Finally a statue I’ll purposefully piss on even when sober, compared to when I’ve had a few too many in Civic on a Fri night….

Aren’t there other ‘reputable’ people from Griffith of Grassby’s ilk that he would also like to commemorate?

Does Sonic actually give a rat’s what other people think? Why not bang one up there for Keith Wright or Andrew Theophanos. I guess they got caught didn’t they.

Grassby was a crook, it didn’t take a charge to prove that

I find the concept of a statue of this creature to be totally abhorrent.

Would Sonic care to ask Barbara Mackay (widow of the late Donald Mackay) of her reaction to this proposal?

Once again, Sonic has a loser mate he wants ratepayers to finance.

Ari – great concept, wonder if anyone has/is developing a cab sub to have a ‘walk of shame’ in city walk for such pond dwellers as the one in question here?

Absent Diane of the Imminent Present5:09 pm 31 Oct 06

I was thinking new zealand, but AJ and JL are equally as good options.

“what about j howard rogering a map of australia up the arse.”

Australia’s arse would be represented by Alan Jones or John Laws?

Absent Diane of the Imminent Present4:39 pm 31 Oct 06

what about j howard rogering a map of australia up the arse.

captainwhorebags4:09 pm 31 Oct 06

A statue of Mal Colston could keep Al company.

I suggest Grassby be accompanied by a statue of Al-Hilali … put them alongside the porno sheep.

Can someone hear an echo?

youshould_knowthis3:13 pm 31 Oct 06

Surely the issue, whether a crook or not (I think more likely that he was) is that we shouldn’t be spending all that money on a statue when we are closing shopfronts, reducing service levels, and making cuts to just about every area of government in Canberra?

given the AFP high command’s gutless record when it comes to politicians I think we can safely assume any number of crooks have been through the parliament.

the ongoing refusal to create a federal anti-corruption body frankly leaves them all open to the charge IMHO.

Absent Diane of the Imminent Present1:46 pm 31 Oct 06

by the sounds of things this guy probably did more good than bad.

From memory, nothing was ever proved against Grassby. Still, innocent until proven guilty doesn’t always seem to stick in some people’s memory.

I’m just wondering how you’d be able to reflect the bloke’s dress sense in a statue. Presumably it’d need a fresh coat of paint once a day?

How do you make a statue of a pissed, crooked arsehole look life like?

Think of all the eggs and cake mix you could buy….hell you could even splurge on a dozen new electric beaters !!!

Al Grassby?? Any other crooks they wanna throw a statue up for….Anu Singh, Eastman?

God almighty, does Standope ever think ?

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