Yanni Pounartzis’ huge sculpture of an Australian magpie pecking at a chip was only installed in Garema Place in the Canberra suburb of Civic in March 2022 but it immediately divided opinion. Within a month of its unveiling it was vandalised, necessitating a trip to Sydney to be repaired. Less than a year later it was selected for the Royal Australian Mint's and Australia Post's 2023 coin and stamp set commemorating Australia’s Big Things.

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