Big cuts to Multicultural Festival

Al,

http://www.epic.act.gov.au

Love your work Pandy. These same people who don’t want the government to subsidise the festival are the same wankers who want the government to give them a dragway. Buy the land and build the thing yourselves. My tax dollars aren’t going to pay for it!

“… close down EPIC…” – I don’t think that the Government has much to do with the showgrounds – they’re owned and managed by the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society.

No funding for summernats ie road closures; no funding for Rally cars; no funding for the Raiders; no funding for the Ballons; no funding for the Convention Centre; close down EPIC; sell off anything that may entertain the bogans and let them watch Foxtel.

Starts to make all the whinging comments about Canberra ring true eh?

Ralph, more than 30,000 people went to the food thing. I know I went and hated the crowds shoving their way thru. The Goverment paid for the tents. SFA really.

Corporate sponshership paid for about half of dancing andsinging events.

It makes me sick that something that enlivens the heart of the city is disliked by a bunch of whinging arseholes that have no idea about the facts.

I have to agree that all government funding for the multicultural (food) festival should be slashed to zero. What a waste of taxpayers dollars. Make them raise their own money and/or get corporate sponsorship.

Onya VY – if bogans representing rev head interests want to put something like drag racing on, let them. I don’t see why I should have to pay for it. Then maybe these things won’t run at a loss…

Onya Vic – if community groups representing multicultural interests want to put something like this on, let them. I don’t see why I should have to pay for it. Then maybe these things won’t run at a loss…

This alleged “festival” is a waste of my tax dollars. The more they pare it back – hopefully to zero – the better.

I say go the Aussie Multicultural festival – that’s the snag in bread at Bunnings. Don’t see them screaming out for guvmint assistance.

The multicultural festival is my favourite event in Canberra! What a shame.

…and the Russians do these little yeast buns stuffed with savory bacon mince called piroshky (or something like that). They make Chinese steamed pork buns look like the work of amateurs.

True. You’ve seen one troop of Ukrainian / Lithuanian / Latvian / Norwegian / Macedonian girls and guys dressed up and dancing a jig and you’ve seen them all … now on the other hand, their grilled sausages and beer is a whole other story.

I go to a few things at the fringe festival too.

But the “main” festival? Absolutely no interest. If people were interested the things wouldn’t need all this money.

But I love how they can lose money regardless of how many people turn up.

I only ever go to the Food thingy. When the booklet arrives in the mail every year, I wonder who goes to all the other events.

I didn’t think Hargreaves liked the Multicultural Festival – last year he launched it, and his speech was bizarrely full of four letter words.

He probably had availed himself to a few refreshments. Snigger.

I think the businesses in City Walk/Garema Place/Petrie Plaza that have their shop-fronts blocked every year would be very happy to see it fold. Like most such festivals it’s a good idea poorly run.

Well either take a percentage of what they clear, or have a fee.

Personally I’d prefer a low fee to get rid of all the pissweak non-ethnic groups that clutter the thing up.

I didn’t think Hargreaves liked the Multicultural Festival – last year he launched it, and his speech was bizarrely full of four letter words.

JB – on the Food and Dance Spectacular, my understanding is that the govt pays for the lot (the stage, tents, power, insurance etc) and doesn’t charge the community orgs. It’s intended to give them a chance to raise some funds for their own activities.

I think Big Al might have to organise a RiotACT food and dance spectular pub golf…

Don’t look at me – I do my bit! For the past ten years or so I have religiously gone to the food festival – along with a few hardy companions and attempted to consume one grilled sausage in bread and one beer from all the nations of the world. Obviously some countries let themselves down by not having a barbecued smallgood as a central pillar of their cilinary heritage – maybe if we just cut those countries from the festival it might make some money…

Incidentally I’m yet to see a decision opposed by Dominic Mico that wasn’t a good one.

I want to know why the food and dance spectacular costs money to run?

There’s so much money changing hands there you’d have to be grossly incompetent to not make it at least revenue neutral.

A shame. One wonders if the cabinet are actually meeting anymore, each announcement seems to openly contradict another statement that was announced in the week preceeding it. It almost appears as though we voted in some politicians in the last election.

Good call Thumper – now I am worried…

just heard hargreaves on 666 saying he knows nothing about any cuts.

he was denying all sorts of things today, such as selling pools, handing over park mgmt to nsw etc.