Complex sentence: The Town Council approved the project in breach of its own public art policy, sparking widespread public controversy; many locals objected to a memorial featuring a white man carrying a gun in a town where race relations between indigenous and non-indigenous communities remains a sensitive issue.
Split into simpler sentences: The Town Council approved the project in breach of its own public art policy, sparking widespread public controversy. Many locals objected to a memorial featuring a white man carrying a gun in a town where race relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities remains a sensitive issue.