Barry Humphries will be farewelled at a state funeral in Sydney instead of Melbourne, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said.
The Melbourne-born entertainer died in the Harbour City last month at the age of 89 following complications from hip surgery
Mr Andrews said on Tuesday Humphries's family had declined his government's "good faith" offer to hold the service in Melbourne.
"They've been in the position where they've got multiple offers because [Humphries] was a national figure," he said.
"They've chosen to go with Sydney."
Mr Andrews said if not everyone in the family agreed with the decision, it was a "matter for them".
"There could be multiple opinions within that family," he said.
The New South Wales premier's office has yet to comment on the plans.
Last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Humphries would be honoured with a joint state funeral, involving Victoria, New South Wales, and the Commonwealth.
"He's someone who gave an enormous amount of pleasure to generations of Australians," Mr Albanese said.
Mr Andrews said he was not sure what role Victoria would play in the memorial.
Comedy festival snub fallout
The death of the man behind the characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson prompted tributes from around the world.
It also sparked anger towards the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which stripped Humphries's name from its top award in 2018, following comments he made about transgender people.
Humphries called gender affirmation surgery "self-mutilation" and said being transgender was "a fashion".
His friend and fellow entertainer Miriam Margolyes told the ABC she believed Humphries was "very hurt and saddened by what happened after the Melbourne festival".
The festival, which Humphries was instrumental in setting up four decades ago, rejected her claims he was "cancelled" and said it was considering how to pay tribute to him.
"We changed the name of an award, which … was the right decision to make when we did that," festival director Susan Provan told ABC Radio Melbourne in April.
Mr Andrews said he did not know why Humphries's family opted for Sydney over Melbourne.
"He's got family in Melbourne, family in Sydney, he's got family in London, he's got family everywhere, and they've made a decision," he said.
Humphries is survived by his fourth wife, Lizzie Spender, as well as his four children and 10 grandchildren.
