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Whittlesea Council confirmed it had engaged the authoritative body Geographic Names Victoria (GNV) about the issue.
“In accordance with the Naming Rules for Places in Victoria, road names should be enduring and changed only when necessary,” a Whittlesea Council spokesperson said.
The council said it needed “demonstrated support from a majority of affected residents” to apply to change the thoroughfare’s name.
“Should there be clear support from residents of the street for a name change, Council will undertake a formal consultation process and, if appropriate, submit a re-naming proposal to GNV for assessment,” the council said.
“Council is currently liaising with the residents who enquired about a name change to discuss next steps.”
Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, weeks after his arrest on sex trafficking charges.
Late sexual abuse advocate Virginia Giuffre alleges she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three separate occasions around 2001.
Mountbatten Windsor has strongly denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
In 2022, he paid Giuffre millions in a civil sexual assault lawsuit settlement.
While he didn’t admit to any of Giuffre’s allegations, he acknowledged that she had suffered as a sexual abuse victim.
Giuffre died by suicide at her home in Neergabby, Western Australia, in April.
