One of the issues Gough Whitlam's government was ridiculed for was its unprecedented support for The Arts and Culture. It backed the NGA's purchase of Jackson Pollock's Blue Polls for $1.3 million.
Well that investment has just been revalued at almost four hundred times what was originally paid for it:
" Jackson Pollock’s controversial Blue poles valued at $500 million "
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