$100k in damages inflicted on Henry Rolland Park in brazen daylight robbery

Yes it really sux that low lifes do this sort of thing but seriously, it is a well known practice. Surely the question has to be asked as to why this material would be specified by the designers?

Obviously by someone aware it was there and how it was installed e.g. with glue, then knowing how easy it would be to remove with a $5.00 pry bar from the local hardware shop.

I suggest investigators check past form of people who worked on the job installing.

If the value of the stuff stolen was $100K I think the the ACT Ratepayers paid too much for it in the first place.

Brass was also take from the train museum before it closed.

I dont see why these were made in brass in such a detachable way. The bigger crime was it being installed in the first place. Waste of money.

If you can steal and damage $100K worth of stuff from a public park in daylight, it makes me think no-one was using this park despite the weather being OK.
Huge waste of money; I say remove the pile of junk and just let it return to grass and trees.

Desperate times. I wonder if the thieves are going without decent housing, mental healthcare…

… and you could argue that the real thieves are those that built a multi-million dollar park in the middle of nowhere using my rates, as some cynical publicly funded PR exercise to jump-start the west basin development, which once again, rips off the public for a private benefit funneled to developers.