A Queen Victoria statue in Geelong which had been previously defaced, has now been cut down with an angle grinder in the early hours of this morning.

Chairman of the Australian Monarchist League Campaign Committee, Eric Abetz, says the vandals are destroying public property which was meant to recognise the “wonderful” contributions the former monarch had made.

“These imbeciles come along who clearly have no understanding of our history … You don’t obliterate history, if you do, that is when you start down the pathway of dictatorship and anarchy,” he told Jacqui Felgate.

Press PLAY to hear what he thinks it means for the future of the monarchy’s presence in Australia

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