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Australian comedian Dan Ilic has dropped his plan to broadcast Vincent Namatjira’s contentious portrait of Gina Rinehart to thousands of tourists and New Yorkers in Times Square despite raising $30,000 for the stunt. Ilic told Guardian Australia yesterday lunchtime that, after exceeding his crowdfunding target, his stunt would go live in Times Square at 8pm on Friday night. But he abandoned the plans last night, citing lack of support for the idea from the National Gallery of Australia where the picture is on display.
Continue reading…Albanese government hopes legislation will help measure progress towards climate goals. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our rolling news blog, majoring on the political events of the day in Canberra. I’m Martin Farrer and, before my colleague Amy Remeikis comes along for the main action, I’ll get you up to speed with a few overnight and breaking stories.Australian comedian Dan Ilic has dropped his plan to broadcast Vincent Namatjira’s contentious portrait of Gina Rinehart to thousands of tourists and New Yorkers in Times Square despite raising $30,000 for the stunt. Ilic told Guardian Australia yesterday lunchtime that, after exceeding his crowdfunding target, his stunt would go live in Times Square at 8pm on Friday night. But he abandoned the plans last night, citing lack of support for the idea from the National Gallery of Australia where the picture is on display. Continue reading…