Members of the public have again posted a banner on public property imploring residents to "Stay Home" and "Be Kind" among other messages.
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Residents observed the banner being removed from the Stuart Oval chain-link fence by council staff later in the morning, causing frustration and confusion from the artists and their supporters.
While they remained cagey about a similar banner removed from the old bridge earlier in the month, Jacinta Mooney and Fiona Campbell have been open about hanging this morning's offering.
"We put the sign up to have something in public and for it to be grassroots rather than some kind of corporate messaging," Ms Mooney said.
"It's made for locals by locals and it just reminds people to keep following the right advice even though we haven't had a death or community transmission yet.
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"I'm surprised and perplexed why they would remove it - surely they know the importance of people getting the right messages at this time and the banner was really a message of support for other residents," she said.
Upon contact, Katherine Town Council CEO Ian Bodill said there were rules in place they had to follow even if they approved of the message.
"Yes we did have it removed," he said.
"There are special application forms and designated locations for those who wish to display signs because it is important they don't pose a risk of distracting traffic.
"We don't want to be the ogre taking down banners and I appreciate the message, it's not because we don't agree with it," Mr Bodill said.
Alderman Toni Tapp Coutts, however, put her support behind the artists.
"Love it!" Mrs Coutts said over Facebook.
Ms Mooney, meanwhile says it's possible another banner will appear in the near future.
"We put the sign up to have something in public and for it to be grassroots rather than some kind of corporate messaging," Ms Mooney said.
"The addition of the love heart was to encourage people in these very strange days to still be kind to one another as people are doing it tough with businesses closing and a lot of people are feeling lonely.
"I was hoping wisdom and common sense would trump any bureaucratic regulation of signage, but they might find it will pop up somewhere else again in the future," she said.
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