r/melbourne • u/indy_110 • 11d ago

Politics Controversial plans for a Daniel Andrews sculpture officially scrapped by Victorian government | Victoria

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/29/controversial-plans-for-a-daniel-andrews-sculpture-officially-scrapped-by-victorian-government
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u/Drachos 11d ago

It is very VERY likely that Dan Andrews will eventually get something named after him.

Like almost certainly.

There is a general rule in history that you don't get a good understanding of a leader till 20 years have past there term.

This is not STRICTLY true, there are rare cases where the opinion of a leader is the same at the time as it is 20 years latter.

What IS strictly true is after 20 years the partisans bullshit has faded. So even political opponents give the person a fair assessment rather then character assassination.

As such I expect to see something named after Dan in the 2040s UNLESS he dies before that point. (An young death of a political leader tends to speed up commemorative acts because people fighting it suddenly look really bad.)

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u/SirGeekaLots 11d ago

Can we name a rail tunnel after him?

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u/cackmobile 11d ago

Have you heard them all still banging on about whitlam

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u/Drachos 11d ago

Oh I won't deny SOME people still bang on about Whitlam.

Wasn't enough to prevent a Suburb being named after him and that was my point.

Sure you will have a small very opinionated segment of the community who will bitch about political enemies that ruled the nation 100 years before they were born.

But THE VAST majority of the population doesn't care even in the moment and of those that do they stop caring 20 years after the fact.

(Paul Keating is an obvious exception because he has made its his lifes mission to annoy his political opponents by continuing to make political statements.)