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MINISTER FOR THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 17

Canberra Festival

Mr Cornwell - asked the Minister for the Arts -

(2) What was the estimated return to government from each of the Canberra Festivals listed above?

Mr Wood the answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) Canberra Festival Incorporated receives an annual-grant to cover its administrative costs in respect of the Canberra Festival through.the Special Events and Festivals Grant Program. In the particular years cited it received:

1989 - $350,000

1990 - $365,000

1991 - $390,000

As a major community activity, the event is also monitored by other Government services, such as police, health and safety inspectors and waste management.

(2) The return provided by the Canberra Festival is to the community rather than directly to government. The Festival is staged so that Canberras residents and visitors can celebrate Canberras birthday. The best indicator of its level of success is the attendance figures for this very popular event. For example, Canberra Festival estimates that over the ten days of the 1991 Festival in excess of the population of Canberra attended the event. In that year, for a grant of $390,000 Canberra Festival Incorporated attracted sufficient private sector sponsorship to stage a $1 million event nearly all of which went back into the local economy.

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