The two councils the City of Launceston council hopes to get support from, in its bid to get the name of the Batman Bridge changed by the state government, will consider supporting the cause at their May meetings.
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The Launceston council passed a motion last week acknowledging the name of the bridge was inappropriate, will write to the state government to request it begins a renaming process and will seek support from the West Tamar Council and George Town Council on the rename.
West Tamar mayor Christina Holmdahl said the council received a letter this week on the matter.
"It's too late to discuss at our next council meeting [in April], but we will be able to discuss it at our next workshop and something brought to our May meeting," she said.
"It doesn't matter what I think, it's what the majority of the council thinks."
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The motion was proposed by councillor Tim Walker after the GTC proposed an art sculpture and plaque to commemorate the Litarimirina people at the site last month, before an Indigenous leader said a name change should occur before this happened.
George Town acting mayor Tim Harris echoed the same sentiment as Mrs Holmdahl.
He said the matter would not be able to be discussed by the council before its April meeting and would therefore be discussed at a future date before anything was brought to a council meeting.
"It has to go to the council for a decision," he said.
All three major political parties have been asked by The Examiner if they would support a request for a name change if they were elected, as the bridge is owned by the state government.
Both Liberal and the Labor parties have not committed to a definitive answer, but said they were open to a discussion if a request was made. The Greens have said they would support it.
The bridge is named after John Batman, who played a part in the genocide of Aboriginal people.
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