The Victorian Government is under increasing fire after announcing plans to knock down a major building at Federation Square and build an Apple Store in its place.

The government this week announced Federation Square’s southernmost building, the “Yarra building” would be bulldozed to make way for an Apple Store at what is one of Melbourne’s most iconic public spaces.

The Apple Store will be a two-storey “concept store” – one of only six in the world and the first for the tech giant in the Southern Hemisphere – and is expected to open in 2020.

But the plan has already found vocal opposition among Melburnians, with many taking to social media to voice their opposition to the project, while a “Save Federation Square” petition has already been launched online.

Most of the outrage stems from the offering of public land to a corporate giant, as well as the removal of a taxpayer-funded building just 15 years after Federation Square was completed.

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