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Tasmanian council votes to remove controversial statue of former premier

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Traditional owners are hailing the City of Hobart's decision to remove a statue of a former state premier as an important step towards truth telling. The council voted last night to remove the statue of William Crowther, who stole the skull of an Aboriginal man in 1869. A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers, this story contains images of people who are deceased.
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