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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

UNCOVERED: War memorial cannot be given blank cheque to cover cost blowouts labor mp says | History Defined

A worker sets up scaffolding as early redevelopment works are under way at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
The Australian War Memorial expansion project’s cost blowout of $50m was approved by the former Morrison government in March. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Australian War Memorial should not be given a “blank cheque” to cover further cost blowouts in its controversial $550m expansion, a government MP has warned.

Opponents of the expansion have criticised it as a wasteful and unnecessary project designed to showcase weapons and military objects, rather than furthering the memorial’s core purpose as a place of commemoration.

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