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Look on My Works, ye Mighty, and Despair!

Text reads, 'Rockymandias 2030: The Strong Plan.' The feet of a large, ruined statue are labelled 'Majority Liberal Government.' A Tasmanian devil says to a platypus, 'I think this was supposed to be a stadium.'

Tasmanians went to the polls in March and the result was a hung parliament. In the end, the incumbent Liberal government, which previously enjoyed majority government, negotiated with independents and the Jacqui Lambie Network to form a minority government. The cost (estimated to be $775 million) of a proposed 25,000-seat stadium in Hobart for the new Tasmanian AFL team proved to be a major election issue. Alluding to Shelley’s famous poem, Chris Downes cleverly combines the name of new Premier Jeremy Rockliff with that of Ozymandias (the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II).

The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.

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